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VOYAQEUB.
Hi^ the bright clime of battle and of song. x86o Gosse
Rant, Nat, Hist, i ITie Arctic vo>-agers have seen King
Winter on his throne. 1879 E. P. Wkight Anim. Li/c 119
The Sea Lion of voj*agers in the southern seas.
b. irons/, andy^., in various applications.
169X NoRRis Praci. Disc. (1707) IV. 1S9 She prays for the
little Infant Voyager, That he may so pass the Waves of this
troublesome World as finally to come to the Land of Everlasting
Life. 1819 Shkllev Lett, Pr. Wks. 18S0 IV. 1^7
Your boat will be to the ocean of water, what this earth is
to the ocean of aether—a prosperous and swift voyager. x8a6
M^hanics' Mag. VI. 286 2 In this region the voyager [in a
balloon] sailed till half.past nine o'clock. 1847 Emerson
Paems^ Humble Bee 15 Insect lover of the sun,. .Sailor of
the atmosphere, . . Vo>'ager of light and noon. 1890 Spectator
7 June 793/1 This rapid voyager [the dragon-fly] passes
over you, proceeds beyond you.., then turns [etc).
y Voyageur (vwaya^^r). [F. ; see prec] In
Canada, a man employed by the fur companies in
carrying goods to and from the trading posts on
the lakes and rivers ; a Canadian boatman.
1809 A. Henry Trav, iS In ascending the Longue Sault,
a distance of three miles, my canoes were three times unladen,
and, together with their freight, carried on the
shoulders of the vo>"ageurs. 1841 A.Combe/*/x>'J/V/. Digestion
(ed.4) 90 St Martin returned to Canada.. [and] engaged
as a voyageur with the Hudson's Bay Fur Company. 1893
Nation (NT. Y.) 17 Aug. 121/a At the nightly bivouac, to the
astonishment of the voyageurs, the noises continued.
aitrib, 1903 Daily Mail 5 Sept. 5/6 The party was put
into one of the large voyageur flat-bottomed boats.
Voya^rinff (voi*ed,5ii)), vbL sb, [f. Voyage v.
+ -ING iTj The action of the verb (now usually of
journeying by sea).
1611 CoTGR., Kpj'flfrffWK/, a voyaging, trauellingjiourney-
^
ing. 1647 Hexham 1, A viaging, ten reysinge. 1706 E.
Ward H^oodcn World Diss. (1708) 8 He was Monarch of
far more Territories than ever he touchM at in all his Voy-
agings.
182J J. Badcock Dam. Amusem. 165 Native of
a port and given to voyaging. 1856 Kane Arct. Expi. IL
xvii. 182, I deemed it best to ket^p up the appearance of
ordinary voyaging. 1889 Clark Kussell Marooned xiv.
(1891) 97 The marme habits of thought I had carried away
with me from my early voyagings.
aitrib. 1853 Lynch Self-Improv. ii. 25 It is now hurrah!
for outset on many a voyaging enterprise, 1891 T. Hardy
Tess xl, I have separated from my wife for personal, not
voyaging, reasons.
b. transf. andjf^.
1837 Carlyle Fr. Rev. III. vii. vti, Our poor Convention,
after such voyaging, just entering harbour, so to speak, has
struck on the bar. x8*j Kingsley Lett, (1878) I. 112 We
will not listen when men tell us that we can reach Him by
weary voyaging on the ocean of intellect. x86a G. Long tr.
M.Aurelius' Thoughts ix. § 30. 156 Look down from above
on the countless herds of men and their countless solemnities,
and the infinitely varied voyagings in storms and calms.
V oyal, var. Viol 2 A^x///. v oyd, -ance, -e(e,
etc., variants of Void a., -ance, -ee, etc.
+ Voye. Obs. rare, [a. OF. voye, vote (F. vote)
>-L, via way.] Way.
154X St. Papers Hen. ^V// (1834) III. 329 They can pay
no subcedy, for as moch as they be charged other divers
voyes. a 1578 Lindesay (Pitscottie) Chron. Scot. (S.T.S.)
I. II Quhan he hes done, fast thy voyes vend To Athoill
that most hie cuntrie.
Voyed(e, obs. f. Void v. Voymbe, Voyme,
obs. Sc. varr. Womb sb. Voyol, var. Viol-
Naut. Voys, obs. f. Voice sb. Vo5el, Vojte,
southern ME. varr. Fowl sb,^ fought Fight v,
I) Vrac. Obs, Also 7 vrack. [F. dial. (Channel
Islands).] The name given in the Channel Islands
to a fisli resembling a carp. Also attrib.
1673 Nervs frotn Channel in Harl. Misc. (1809) III. 505
A large fish we call a Vrack-fish. 1694 Falle Jersey ii. 75
But the most common, and to be had at all times, is a Fish
we call Vrac, in shape and taste very much like a Carp, and
may be called the Sea-carp, with several others. 17^ De
Foe's TourGt. Brit. (1769) III. 341 Here [in Jersey] is the
Mullet, red and grey, the Vrac, or Sea-carp, and the Bar,
Vrack, Sc. variant of Wbaok.
11 Vraic (vr^^k). [F. dial. (Channel Islands)
vraic^ also vrec^ vrac : see Wrack sb. and cf.
Varec] a seaweed found in the Channel Islands,
:ised for fuel and manure.
x6xo W, FoLKiNCHAM Art 0/ Survey i. x. 30 Vraic or
Orewood, (Alga Marina) is diuersly applyed for soyling.
1674 liLOUNT Glossogr, (ed. 4), l^raic, a kind of Sea-weed,
of which they make fuel in the isles of Jersey and Gernsey,
1694 Falle Jersey ii. 67 Tis a Sea.weed ; but a Weed more
valuable to Us than the choicest Plant that grows in our
Gardens. We call it Vraic;. .and it grows on the Rocks
about the Island. 1736 [W. R. Chetwood] Voy. Vaughan
vii. 1 1. 203 For Fuel , . they make use of a Sea Weed, by the
Inhabitants call'd Vraic [printed VrauJ. 17-^ De Foe's
TourGt. Brit. (ed. p III. 269 Their Manure is Sea-weed,
latl'd Vraic, of which we have taken notice above, a 1847
Eliza Cook Song Seaweed xxix, The Vraic ! the Vraic !
pile it on to the fire. i86a Ansted Channel Jsi. iv. xx. 469
The load of fresh vraic is computed to give three bushels of
ashes. i88« B. Webber In Luck's Way i. i, Amid this
wilderness of rock and vraic and wrinkled sand.
attrib. 1865 M rs. L. L. Clarke Common Seaweeds Cone!.
138, I have turned over the fraKT-heaps as they were carted
up from the lowest tide.
Hence Vral'cker, one who gathers vraic,
Vralcklnff, the gatliering of vraic. Also attrib.
1835 H. D. Inglis Channel Isl. 64 At half tide, or low
water multitudes of carts and horses, boats and vraickers,
cover the l^each. Ibid. 63 The vraicking parties consisting
of eight, ten, or twelve persons. 185a Lane Clarke
Guernsey