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V v

vamp up     -      to mend, put into repair 

very moonlight      -    a very bright night

virgin honey     -      the honey produced from the hive of a                                     second swarm from the parent-stock 

virtue    -     strength, flavour, essential essence "Yo mun                          cork that medicine bottle well, else the virtue'll                      aw go ait'n it" 

vittrit  -     angry, vicious, bitter "They bin very vittrit agen                      the mester" (vitriolic?)

vivers    -    the fibres of a plant 

voyage    -    a journey, whether by land or sea "I've oftern                          thowt I should like gow a voyage among the                            Welsh Mountains"

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