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‖ vigia|ˈvɪdʒɪə|
[Sp. or Pg. vigia a look-out, etc.:—L. vigilia (see next). Hence also F. vigie.]
A warning on a sea chart to denote some hidden danger.
1867Smyth Sailor's Word-bk., Vigia, a hydrographical warning on a chart to denote that the pinnacle of a rock, or a shoal, may exist thereabout. 1875Bedford Sailor's Pocket Bk. v. (ed. 2) 147 Vigias.—Numerous imaginary dangers are traditionally inserted in all Ocean Charts. 1899M. Roberts in Brit. Soldiers (1900) 228 ‘There's a vigia marked on the chart for hereabouts,’ said Captain Spiller. |