Vertical (2)
Ver″ti‐cal, n. 1. Vertical position; zenith.2. (Math.) A vertical line, plane, or circle.Prime vertical, Prime vertical dial. See under Prime, a.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Verticality
Ver′ti‐cal″i‐ty (?), n. The quality or state of being vertical; verticalness.The different points of the verticality. Sir T. Browne.
Vertically
Ver″ti‐cal‐ly (?), adv. In a vertical manner, position, or direction; perpendicularly; as, to look down vertically; to raise a thing vertically.
Verticalness
Ver″ti‐cal‐ness, n. Quality or state of being vertical.
Verticil
Ver″ti‐cil (?), n. [L. verticillus, dim. of vertex a whirl: cf. F. verticille. See Vertex.] (Bot.) A circle either of leaves or flowers about a stem at the same node; a whorl. [...
Verticillaster
Ver′ti‐cil‐las″ter (?), a. [NL., fr. L. verticillus a whirl + aster a star.] (Bot.) A whorl of flowers apparently of one cluster, but composed of two opposite axillary cymes, as...
Verticillate
{ Ver‐tic″il‐late (?; 277), Ver‐tic″il‐la′ted (?), } a. [See Verticil.] (Bot. & Zoöl.) Arranged in a transverse whorl or whorls like the rays of a wheel; as, verticillate leaves...
Verticillus
‖Ver′ti‐cil″lus (?), n.(Bot.) A whorl; a verticil.
Verticity
Ver‐tic″i‐ty (?), n. [Cf. F. verticité. See Vertex.] The quality or power of turning; revolution; rotation. Locke.I hardly believe he hath from elder times unknown the verticity...
Verticle
Ver″ti‐cle (?), n. [L. verticula a joint.] An axis; a hinge; a turning point. E. Waterhouse.
Vertiginate
Ver‐tig″i‐nate (?), a. Turned round; giddy. Coleridge.
Vertiginous
Ver‐tig″i‐nous (?), a. [L. vertiginosus, fr. vertigo a whirling around, giddiness: cf. F. vertigineux. See Vertigo.] 1. Turning round; whirling; rotary; revolving; as, a vertigi...
Vertigo
Ver″ti‐go (?; 277), n.; pl. E. Vertigoes (#), L. Vertigines (#). [L., fr. vertere to turn. See Verse.] 1. (Med.) Dizziness or swimming of the head; an affection of the head in w...
Vertilinear
Ver′ti‐lin″e‐ar (?), a. [Vertical + linear.] Straight; rectilinear.
Vertu
Ver″tu (?), n. 1. Virtue; power. See Virtue. Chaucer.2. See Virtu.
Vertuous
Ver″tu‐ous (?), a. Virtuous; powerful. Spenser.
Verumontanum
‖Ver′u‐mon‐ta″num (?), n.(Anat.) An elevation, or crest, in the wall of the urethra where the seminal ducts enter it.☞ This is sometimes written veru montanum.
Vervain
Ver″vain (?), n. [OE. verveine, F. verveine, fr. L. verbena, pl. verbenae sacred boughs of laurel, olive, or myrtle, a class of plants; cf. verbenaca vervain. Cf. Verbena.] (Bot...
Verve
‖Verve, n. Excitement of imagination such as animates a poet, artist, or musician, in composing or performing; rapture; enthusiasm; spirit; energy.
Vervel
Ver″vel (?), n. See Varvel.
Vervet
Ver″vet (?), n.(Zoöl.) A South African monkey (Cercopithecus pygerythrus, orLelandii). The upper parts are grayish green, finely specked with black. The cheeks and belly are red...
Very
Ver″y (vĕr″y̆), a. [Compar.Verier (–ĭ‐ẽr); superl.Veriest.] [OE. verai, verray, OF. verai, vrai, F. vrai, (assumed) LL. veracus, for L. verax true, veracious, fr. verus true; ak...
Very (2)
Ver″y (vĕr″y̆), adv. In a high degree; to no small extent; exceedingly; excessively; extremely; as, a very great mountain; a very bright sun; a very cold day; the river flows ve...
Very's
{ Ver″y's, orVer″y, night signals } (?). [After Lieut. Samuel W. Very, who invented the system in 1877.] (Naut.) A system of signaling in which balls of red and green fire are f...
Vesbium
Ves″bi‐um (?), n. [NL., from L. Vesuvius, contr. Vesbius, Vesuvius.] (Chem.) A rare metallic element of which little is known. It is said by Scacchi to have been extracted from ...
Vese
Vese (vēz), n. [Cf. Feese, n.] Onset; rush; violent draught or wind. Chaucer.
Vesica
‖Ve‐si″ca (?), n. A bladder.Vesica piscis. (Eccl. Art) A glory, or aureole, of oval shape, or composed of two arcs of circles usually represented as surrounding a divine persona...