a very ancient Latin translation of the Bible, and the only one acknowledged by the church of Rome to be authentic. WAG

V, or w, is the twenty-second letter of our alphabet; and is composed, as its name implies, of two v's. It is not in use among the Hebrews, Greeks, or Romans, but chiefly among the northern nations, the Teutones, Saxons, Britons, &c. It is not employed by the French, Italians, Spaniards, or Portuguese, except in proper names, and other terms borrowed from languages in which it is originally used, and even then it is sounded like the single v. This letter is of an ambiguous nature; being a consonant at the beginning of words, and a vowel at the end. It may stand before all the vowels except u; as water, wedge, wave, wonder; it may also follow the vowels a, e, o, and u, uniting them into a kind of double vowel, or diphthong; as saw, sew, cow. It also goes before r, and follows s and th; as wrath, swear, thwart; it goes before h also, though in reality it is sounded after it; as in when, what. In some words it is obscure, as in shadow, widow.

VAAG, a river of Hungary, which rises in the Carpathian Mountains, and falls into the Danube opposite to the island of Schut.

VAAL, a river of the Netherlands, being one of the branches of the Rhine. Running from east to west through Guelderland, passing by Nimeguen, Tiel, Bommel, and Gorin, and uniting with the Maes, it falls into the German Sea below the Briell.

VADEY ARASSI, a small river of Arabia, which falls into the Red Sea ten miles south-south-east of Hodeida.

VADEY el Arkik, a small river of Arabia, which waters the city of Medina.

VADEY el Kebir, a small river in Arabia, which in rainy seasons reaches the Red Sea near Mocha.

VADEY Elmanahan, a small river of Arabia, which loses itself in the sands, unless in the wet season, when it reaches the Red Sea twenty-five miles south-south-east of Hodeida.

VADEY Faron, a small river of Arabia, which falls into the Red Sea twenty-five miles north-west of Tor.

VADEY Zebid, a river of Arabia, which passes by Zebid, and in particular season overflows and fertilizes its banks. It finally loses itself in the sands.

VAJO, or WAJU, a state or confederacy in the island of Hebes, situated to the north of the Buggees territories near Boni.