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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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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…Vēr'ger, n. p. 1469A garden or orchard. [Obs.]Ver-gĕtte', n. p. 1469(Her.) A pallet or small pale; hence, a shield divided by pallets or pales.Vér'gou-leuse, n. p. 1469A variety of pear; the virgouleuse. See VIRGOULEUSE.Ve-rid'ic-al, a. p. 1469Telling truth; truthful; veracious. [Obs.]Vĕr'i-fi/a-ble, a. p. 1469Capable of being verified; admitting of proof or confirmation by incontestable evidence.Vĕr/i-fi-cā'tion, n. p. 1469The act of verifying or proving to be true or correct, or the state of being verified; establishment as true; confirmation; authentication. Verification of an equation (Math.), the operation of…Vĕr'i-fi-cā'tĭve, a. p. 1469Serving to verify; verifying.Vĕr'i-fī'er, n. p. 1469One who verifies, proves, or makes appear to be true.Vĕr'i-fy, v. t. p. 1469<br><br>1. To prove to be true or correct; to establish the truth of; to confirm.<br><br>This is verified by a number of examples. Bacon.<br><br>So shalt thou best fulfill, best verify,<br>The…Ve-rĭl'o-quent, a. p. 1469Speaking truth; truthful. [Obs.]Vĕr'i-ly, adv. p. 1469In a very or true manner; in truth; in fact; certainly. 2. With great confidence; really; truly; as, it was verily thought the enterprise would succeed.Vēr'i-sīm'i-lar, a. p. 1469Having the appearance of truth; probable; likely. [Rare.] White.Vēr'i-si-mīl'i-tūde, n. p. 1469The state or quality of being verisimilar; the appearance of truth; probability; likelihood. “All that gives verisimilitude to a narrative.” W. Scott. Verisimilitude and opinion are an easy purchase…Vĕr'i-sĭ-mĭl'ĭ-ty, n. p. 1469Verisimilitude. [Obs.]Vĕr'/i-sīm'/i-lōŭs, a. p. 1469Verisimilar. [Obs.]Vĕr'i-ta-ble, a. p. 1469Agreeable to truth or to fact; actual; real; true. “The veritable Deity.” Sir W. Hamilton.Vē̄'ri-ta-bly, adv. p. 1469In a veritable manner; really; truly.Vĕr'i-ty, n. p. 1469The quality of being very true, or real; consonance of a statement, proposition, or other thing to fact; truth. It is a proposition of eternal verity, that none can govern while he is despised.…Vēr'jūice, n. p. 1469The sour juice of crab-apples, of green or unripe grapes, apples, and the like; also, a kind of vinegar made from such juice. Brande.Vērl, n. p. 1469See VERREL.Vēr'meil, n. p. 1469Vermilion; also, the color of vermilion, a bright, beautiful red. “Snowy substance sprent with vermeil.” Spenser. 2. Silver-gilt or gilt bronze. Simmonds.Vēr'me-ŏl'o-gĭst, n. p. 1469One who treats of vermes, or worms; a helminthologist.Vēr'me-ōl'o-gy, n. p. 1469A discourse or treatise on worms, or that part of natural history which treats of them; helminthology. [Rare.]Vēr'mēs, n. pl. p. 1469Worms. See WORM.Vĕr-mē'tus, n. p. 1469(Zoöl.) A genus of gastropodous mollusks having a tubular, twisted, worm-like shell.Vĕr′mi-çĕl′li, n. p. 1469The flour of a hard, small grained wheat made into dough, and forced through slender cylinders or pipes till it takes a slender, worm-like form, whence the Italian name.Ver-mī'ciōus, a. p. 1469Of, or pertaining to, worms; wormy.Ver-mīc'ū-lar, a. p. 1469Pertaining to, or resembling, a worm; shaped like a worm; especially, resembling the motion of a worm; as, the vermicular motion of the intestines;—called also peristaltic. Vermicular work. See under…Ver-mĭc'ū-lāte, v. t. p. 1469To inlay; to form, as work by inlaying which resembles the tracks of worms, or appears as if formed by the motion of worms. Vermiculated work (Arch.), rustic work so wrought as to have the appearance…Ver-mĭc'ū-lāte, a. p. 1469Worm-like in shape; covered with worm-like elevations. Henslow. 2. Crawling or creeping like a worm; hence, creeping; insinuating; sophistical. “Vermiculate logic.” R. Choate.Ver-mĭc-u-lā'tion, n. p. 1470The act or operation of moving in the form of a worm; continuation of motion from one part to another, as in the peristaltic motion of the intestines. 2. The act of forming so as to resemble the…Vĕr'mi-cūle, n. p. 1470A little worm or grub; also, a worm-like body. [Rare.] Derham.Ver-mic'ū-līte, n. p. 1470(Min.) A mineral having a granular, scaly structure, and resembling steatite in appearance, consisting chiefly of silica, alumina, and magnesia;—so called because the scales, when heated, open out…Ver-mic'ū-lōse' or Ver-mic'ū-lous, a. p. 1470Containing worms; full of worms or grubs. 2. Resembling worms.Vĕr'mi-fōrm, a. p. 1470Having the form or shape of a worm; as, the vermiform process of the cerebellum.Ver-mif'ū-gal, a. p. 1470(Med.) Tending to prevent or destroy vermin, or to expel worms.