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It is a far cry from Palestine to the Shetland creeks and voes, but the voice of the lowly Nazarene effectually reached the Celts and Norsemen of these treeless storm-lashed isles.
From Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland by Holmes, Daniel Turner
The outlines of all the islands, as shown on the accompanying map are very irregular, long bays or voes indenting them so deeply that no point is more than three miles from the sea.
From Second Shetland Truck System Report by Guthrie, William
Before evening the anchor was dropped in one of the deep voes which run up far inland all round the coast.
From Archibald Hughson An Arctic Story by Kingston, William Henry Giles
It is to be met with in all the inlets or voes, generally in large flocks, never far from the land, feeding upon small shellfish and star-fish.
From British Birds in their Haunts by Johns, Rev. C. A.
Those voes run up for a league or more, and make it appear like some huge insect.
From Ronald Morton, or the Fire Ships A Story of the Last Naval War by Hoggans, T.
