The country spirit generally drunk is distilled from the flowers of the mahua tree, and a cheap vegetable oil in common use is obtained from its seeds.
— from The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India, Volume 4 by R. V. (Robert Vane) Russell

I imagined the case of a cottager at one end of the village occupied in chopping up a tough piece of wood or stump and accidentally letting fall his heavy sharp axe on to his foot, inflicting a grievous wound.
— from A Traveller in Little Things by W. H. (William Henry) Hudson

Ware value of car Wert des Wagens value of the property Grundstückswert valued policy Taxpolice vandalism Vandalismus, mutwillige Beschädigung variable variabel variable risk veränderliches Risiko, wechselndes Risiko vehicle Fahrzeug visible sichtbar vital lebenswichtig void by law nichtig voidable anfechtbar volume of business Geschäftsumfang volume of cargo Frachtaufkommen volume of credit Kreditumfang volume of employment Beschäftigungsumfang volume of insurances contracted Umfang der Versicherungen volume of premiums Prämienvolumen volume of production Fertigungsumfang volume of sales Verkaufsumfang volume of trade Umsatzvolumen voluntary insurance freiwillige Versicherung voyage policy Police für eine einzige Fahrt voyage policy Reisepolice W wait warten waiting period Wartezeit waive verzichten waive a claim auf einen Rechtsanspruch verzichten waive the compensation auf Schadensersatz verzichten waiver Verzicht waiver of an action Rücknahme einer Klage want verlangen, benötigen, wünschen war pension Kriegsrente war risk Kriegsrisiko war risk agreement Kriegsrisikenvereinbarung war risk insurance Kriegsrisikoversicherung warehouse insurance Lagerversicherung warehouse to warehouse von Haus zu Haus warlike operations risk Risiko kriegerischer Handlungen warranty Garantie, Gewährleistung, Zusicherung water damage Wasserschaden water damage insurance Leitungswasserversicherung water damage insurance Wasserschadenversicherung water pollution Gewässerverschmutzung wear and tear Abnutzung, Verschleiß weather insurance Wetterversicherung, Regenversicherung weekly contribution Wochenbeitrag whole life insurance Todesfallversicherung widow's annuity Witwenrente widow's insurance Witwenversicherung widow's pension Witwenrente willful act vorsätzliche Handlung willful deceit arglistige
— from Mr. Honey's Insurance Dictionary (English-German) by Winfried Honig

Walking at the time was comparatively easy, for a sharp frost had hardened the surface of the snow, and the gem-like lights of heaven enabled them to traverse valleys of ice, clamber up snow-slopes and cross crevasses without danger, except in one or two places, where the natural snow-bridges were frail and the chasms unusually wide.
— from Rivers of Ice by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne