Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Verdigris

Ver″di‐gris (?), n. [F. vert-de-gris, apparently from verd, vert, green + de of + gris gray, but really a corruption of LL. viride aeris (equivalent to L. aerugo), from L. virid...

758

Verdigris (2)

Ver″di‐gris, v. t. To cover, or coat, with verdigris. “An old verdigrised brass bugle.” Hawthorne.

759

Verdin

Ver″din (?), n. [Cf. Sp. verdino bright green, F. verdin the yellow-hammer.] (Zoöl.) A small yellow-headed bird (Auriparus flaviceps) of Lower California, allied to the titmice;...

760

Verdine

Ver″dine (?), n. [F. verd, vert, green.] (Chem.) A commercial name for a green aniline dye.

761

Verdingale

Ver″din‐gale (?), n. See Farthingale. [Spelled also verdingall.]

762

Verdit

Ver″dit (?), n. Verdict. Chaucer.

763

Verditer

Ver″di‐ter (?), n. [F. vert-de-terre, literally, green of earth.] (Chem.) (a) Verdigris. (b) Either one of two pigments (called blue verditer, and green verditer) which are made...

764

Verditure

Ver″di‐ture (?; 135), n. [Cf. Verditer.] The faintest and palest green.

765

Verdoy

Ver″doy (?), a. [F. verdoyer to become green. See Verdant.] (Her.) Charged with leaves, fruits, flowers, etc.; — said of a border.

766

Verdure

Ver″dure (?), n. [F., fr. L. viridis green. See Verdant.] Green; greenness; freshness of vegetation; as, the verdure of the meadows in June.A wide expanse of living verdure, cul...

767

Verdured

Ver″dured (?), a. Covered with verdure. Poe.

768

Verdureless

Ver″dure‐less (?), a. Destitute of verdure.

769

Verdurous

Ver″dur‐ous (?), a. Covered with verdure; clothed with the fresh green of vegetation; verdured; verdant; as, verdurous pastures. Milton.

770

Verecund

Ver″e‐cund (?), a. [L. verecundus, fr. vereri to feel awe.] Bashful; modest.

771

Verecundious

Ver′e‐cun″di‐ous (?), a. Verecund. “Verecundious generosity.” Sir H. Wotton.

772

Verecundity

Ver′e‐cun″di‐ty (?), n. The quality or state of being verecund; modesty.

773

Verein

‖Ver‐ein″ (?), n. A union, association, or society; — used in names of German organizations.

774

Veretillum

‖Ver′e‐til″lum (?), n. [L., dim. of veretrum the private parts.] (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of club-shaped, compound Alcyonaria belonging to Veretillum and allied gener...

775

Verfication

Ver′fi‐ca″tion (?), n. [Cf. F. vérification.] 1. The act of verifying, or the state of being verified; confirmation; authentication.2. (Law) (a) Confirmation by evidence. (b) A ...

776

Vergalieu

{ Ver″ga‐lieu, Ver″ga‐loo } (vẽr″gȧ‐lo͞o), n. [Cf. Virgouleuse.] (Bot.) See Virgalieu.

777

Verge

Verge (vẽrj), n. [F. verge, L. virga; perhaps akin to E. wisp.] 1. A rod or staff, carried as an emblem of authority; as, the verge, carried before a dean.2. The stick or wand w...

778

Verge (2)

Verge (vẽrj), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Verged (vẽrjd); p. pr. & vb. n.Verging (vẽr″jĭng).] [L. vergere to bend, turn, incline; cf. Skr. vṛj to turn.] 1. To border upon; to tend; to in...

779

Vergeboard

Verge″board′ (?), n. [Verge + board. Cf. Bargeboard.] (Arch.) The ornament of woodwork upon the gable of a house, used extensively in the 15th century. It was generally suspende...

780

Vergency

Ver″gen‐cy (?), n. 1. The act of verging or approaching; tendency; approach.2. (Opt.) The reciprocal of the focal distance of a lens, used as measure of the divergence or conver...

781

Verger

Ver″ger (?), n. [F. verger, from verge a rod. See 1st Verge.] One who carries a verge, or emblem of office. Specifically: —(a) An attendant upon a dignitary, as on a bishop, a d...

782

Verger (2)

Ver″gern. A garden or orchard.

783

Vergette

Ver‐gette″ (?), n.(Her.) A small pale.