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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Vĕn'ū-lōse, a. p. 1468(Bot.) Full of small veins. Gray.Vē'nus, n. p. 1468(Myth.) The goddess of female beauty and of love; that is, beauty or love deified. 2. (Astron.) One of the planets, the second in order from the sun, its orbit lying between that of Mercury and that…Ve-năst', a. p. 1468Beautiful. [Rare.] Waterhouse.Ve-rā'ciōus, a. p. 1468Observant of truth; habitually disposed to speak truth; truthful. 2. Characterized by truth; true; not false. The young, ardent soul that enters on this world with heroic purpose, with veracious…Ve-rā'ciōŭs-ly, adv. p. 1468In a veracious manner; truthfully.Ve-răc'i-ty, n. p. 1468The state or quality of being veracious; habitual observance of truth; truthfulness; truth; as, a man of veracity. ☞ It is applied, with less propriety, to things; as, the veracity of a fact.Ve-răn'dă, n. p. 1468(Arch.) (a.) A kind of open portico, formed by extending a sloping roof beyond the main building. (b.) A light, open portico or outer gallery, with a sloping roof.Ve-rā'tri-ā p. 1468Vēra'tri'niä p. 1468Ve-rā'trīne p. 1468Lat. veratrum, hellebore. See infra.] (Chem.) A vegetable alkaloid, obtained from Veratrum sabadilla, V. album, &c. It is generally obtained as a crystalline powder, nearly white, very acrid and…Ve-rā'trum, n. p. 1468(Bot.) A genus of plants having very poisonous qualities, from which veratria is obtained.Vērb, n. p. 1468A word; a vocable. [Obs.] South. 2. (Gram.) A word which affirms or predicates something of some person or thing; a part of speech expressing being, action, or the suffering of action.Vẽr'bal, a. p. 1468Expressed in words; addressed to the ear; spoken; oral; not written; as, a verbal message; a verbal contract; verbal testimony. Made she no verbal question? Shak. 2. Consisting in, relating to, or…Vẽr'bal, n. p. 1468(Gram.) A noun derived from a verb.Vẽr'bal-ĭsm, n. p. 1468Something expressed verbally or orally.Vẽr'bal-ĭst, n. p. 1468A literal adherent to, or a minute critic of, words.Ver-băl'i-ty, n. p. 1468State or quality of being verbal; mere words; bare literal expression. [R.] Browne.Vēr'bal-i-zā'tion, n. p. 1468The act of verbalizing, or the state of being verbalized.Vĕr'bal-īze, v. t. p. 1468To convert into a verb; to make verbal; to verbify.Vēr'bal-ly, adv. p. 1468In a verbal manner; by words spoken; orally. South. 2. Word for word; as, to translate verbally.Ver-bā'ri-an, a. p. 1468Of, or pertaining to, words; verbal. [Rare.] “A verbarian attorney-general.” Coleridge.Ver-bās'cum, n. p. 1468(Bot.) A genus of plants, including the mullein.Ver-bā'tim, adv. p. 1468Word for word; in the same words; as, to tell a story verbatim as another has related it.Ver-bē'na, n. p. 1468(Bot.) A genus of plants, of which several species are extensively cultivated, some for their lemon-scented, fragrant foliage, and others for the great beauty of their flowers; vervain.Vēr'be-nāte, v. t. p. 1468To strew with vervain.Vĕr'ber-āte, v. t. p. 1468To beat; to strike. [Obs.]Vër'ber-ā'tion, n. p. 1469The act of verberating; a beating, or striking blows. Arbuthnot. 2. The impulse of a body, which causes sound.Vĕr'bi-age, n. p. 1469The use of many words without necessity; superabundance of words; profusion of expression with little substance or sense; verbosity; wordiness. The barren verbiage current among men. Tennyson.Vĕrb'i-fy, v. t. p. 1469To make into a verb; to use as a verb; to verbalize. [Rare.]Ver-bōse', a. p. 1469Abounding in words; using or containing more words than are necessary; tedious by a multiplicity of words; prolix; wordy; as, a verbose speaker; a verbose argument.Ver-bōse'ly, adv. p. 1469In a verbose manner; wordily.Ver-bōse'ness, n. p. 1469The state or quality of being verbose; verbosity.Ver-bōs'i-ty, n. p. 1469The quality of being verbose; employment of a superabundance of words; the use of more words than are necessary; prolixity. The worst fault, by far, is the extreme diffuseness and verbosity of his…Vērd, n. p. 1469(Forest Law.) (a.) The privilege of cutting green wood within a forest for fuel. (b.) The right of pasturing animals in the forest. Burrill. 2. Verdancy; greenness. [Obs.]Vĕr'dan-cy, n. p. 1469The quality or condition of being verdant; greenness. 2. Hence, rawness; inexperience; foolishness; liability to deception; as, the verdancy of a countryman.Vĕr'dant, a. p. 1469Covered with growing plants or grass; green; fresh; as, verdant fields; a verdant lawn. Let the earth Put forth the verdant grass. Milton. 2. Green in knowledge; ignorant of the ways of the world…Vĕrd'-an-tique', n. p. 1469A green incrustation on ancient coins, brass or copper, produced by the action of time. Fairholt. 2. (Min.) (a.) A mottled-green serpentine marble. (b.) A green porphyry, used as marble, and called…Vĕr'dant-ly, adv. p. 1469In a verdant manner; freshly; flourishingly.Vĕr'der-er or Vĕr'der-or, n. p. 1469(Eng. Law.) An officer who has the charge of the king’s forest, to preserve the vert and venison, keep the assizes, view, receive, and enroll attachments and presentments of all manner of trespasses.…Ver'dict, n. p. 1469(Law.) The answer of a jury given to the court concerning any matter of fact in any cause, civil or criminal, committed to their examination and determination; the finding or decision of a jury on…Vĕr'di-grīs, n. p. 1469(Chem.) The bibasic acetate of copper. In an impure state, it is much used as a green pigment; in a pure state, it is employed in medicine. Verdigris green, clear bluish green, the color of verdigris.Vĕr'di-ter, n. p. 1469(Chem.) An azure-blue substance made by the decomposition of nitrate of copper by chalk;— in composition, a hydrous carbonate of copper.Vĕr'di-türe, n. p. 1469The faintest and palest green.Vër'doy, a. p. 1469(Her.) Charged with leaves, fruits, flowers, and the like;—said of a border. Weale.Ver-dū'go, n. p. 1469An executioner; also, a severe stroke. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.Ver-dū'go-ship, n. p. 1469The office or person of an executioner; a hangman or his occupation. [Obs.]Vĕrd'üre, n. p. 1469Green; greenness; freshness of vegetation: as, the verdure of the meadows in June. A wide expanse of living verdure, cultivated gardens, shady groves, fertile cornfields, flowed round it like a sea.…Vĕrd'üre-less, a. p. 1469Destitute of verdure.Vĕrd'ŭr-ōŭs, a. p. 1469Covered with verdure; clothed with the fresh green of vegetables; as, verdurous pastures.Vĕr'e-cund, a. p. 1469Bashful; modest. [Obs. and rare.] Wotton.Vĕr′-e-cŭnd′i-ous, a. p. 1469Bashful; verecund. [Obs.]Vĕr'-e-eŭnd'-i-ty, n. p. 1469The state or quality of being verecund; bashfulness; modesty; blushing. [Obs. and rare.]Vēr'ga-lieu (-lū),, n. p. 1469A valuable variety of pear.Vĕr'ga-lōō, p. 1469having a high and very agreeable flavor;—more properly called White Doyenné. [Written also virgaloo.] Downing. ☞ This is often confounded with virgouleuse, which is a different variety.Vĕr'ge, n. p. 1469A rod, or something in the form of a rod or staff, carried as an emblem of authority; the mace of a dean. 2. The stick or wand with which persons are admitted tenants, by holding it in the hand, and…Vérge, n. p. 1469The extreme side or edge of any thing which has some extent of length; the brink; edge; border; margin. “On the verge of noon.” W. Scott. “The inclusive verge of golden metal.” Shak. Even though we…Vĕrge, v. i. p. 1469To tend downward; to bend; to slope; as, a hill verges to the north. 2. To border upon; to tend; to incline; to approach. Our soul, from original instinct, vergeth toward him as its center. Barrow. I…Vērge'-bōard, n. p. 1469(Arch.) The projecting ornament of wood-work upon the gable of a house, used extensively in the fifteenth century; barge-board.Vĕr'gen-cy, n. p. 1469The act of verging or approaching; approach; proximity. [Rare.] 2. (Opt.) The reciprocal of the focal distance of a lens, used as a measure of the divergence or convergence of a pencil of rays. Lloyd.Vĕr'ger, n. p. 1469One who carries a verge or emblem of office; an attendant upon a dignitary, as on a bishop, a dean, a justice, and the like. [Eng.] Strype. 2. The beadle of a cathedral church; a pew opener or…