verbosity 
LL. verlHinila(t-)x. wordiness, < L. 
wordy: see verhoai .~\ The state or character of 
being verbose; employment of a oprakbnn- 
dance of words; the use of more words th:m arc 
necessary; wordiness; prolixity: said either 
of a .speaker or writer, or of wlnit is said or 
written. 
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forest and to keep the asM/.-s. us well as to 
view, receive, mill enroll attachments and pre- 
sentments of all manner .if 
He draweth "Ut the thread of hi* n-riu^,i,i liner than tin- 
staple nf his nrKiinient. .VA*-., I.. L. L., v. i. 1-. 
= Syn. V' rbiai.ie, etc. See plfoiutsin. 
verdt (verd), H. [Also (in clef. 2) vert; < OF. 
/i i-il, nrt, F. n-rl = Sp. Pg. It. rrrtle, green, 
greenness, verdure, < L. riride, green, green- 
ness, verdure, pi. ririiliu. green plants, herbs, or 
trees, neut. of riridix (~> It. Sp. Pg. verde = OF. 
n nl, vert), green, < rirere, be green, bo fresh or 
vigorous, bloom. From the L. viridix are also 
ult. K. ivr/ 1 (in part identical with verd), ver- 
ildul, rinlirii-, renliiri', n nliu/n, ririil, furlliin- 
i/nlc, etc., and the first element of verdigrix, 
rrrditcr, n-rjiiiee, etc.] 1. Green; green color; 
greenness. 
Then Is there an old klndeof Kithine called Vlsh layes, 
defined (as I haue ralde) of this worde Verd whlche be- 
tokeneth Greene, and l.;i\e which hetokeneth a Hong, as 
if you would Bay grcene .Songes. 
Qtueoiyitf, Notes on Eng. Verse, { 14 (Steele Glas. etc. , 
[ed. Arber). 
2. The green trees and underwood of a forest: 
same as vert. 
verdancy (ver'dan-si), i. (X verdan(t) + -cy.] 
1. The state or quality of being verdant; green- 
ness. Hence 2. Rawness; inexperience : lia- 
bility to be deceived: as, the verdancy of youth. 
verdant (ver'dant), a. [< OF. verdant (I), F. 
verdoyant, becoming green, < L. viridan(t-)x, 
ppr. of viridare, grow green, make green, < viri- 
dis, green, < virere, be jpeen: see verd.] 1. 
Green ; fresh ; covered with growing plants or 
grass: as, verdant fields; a verdant lawn. 
The verdant gras my couch did goodly dlght. 
Speiuer, F. Q., I. U. 13. 
2. Green in knowledge ; simple by reason of 
inexperience; inexperienced; unsophisticated; 
raw; green. 
verd-antique (verd-an-tek/), n. [< OF. verd an- 
tique, F.vert antique, 'ancient green, ' = It. verde 
antico: see vert and antique.] An ornamen- 
tal stone which has long been used and highly 
prized, having been well known to the ancient 
Romans. It consists of serpentine, forming a kind of 
hn-ccia, mingled or interveined with a much lighter ma- 
terial, usually calcite, but sometimes magnesite or steatite, 
and sometimes a lighter-colored serpentine, the whole 
fm mil i;; when polished, an extremely beautiful material 
for constructive purposes or for interior decoration. Ser- 
pentines of various kinds and of dilferent shades of color 
were obtained from Italian quarries, and also from those 
of Greece and Egypt, and were called by various names, 
according tothe region from which they came : thus, verde 
di Prato, verde di Genova, verde di Pegli, etc. The verde di 
Prato, quarried near Florence, has been extensively used in 
various important buildings in that city, as in the cathedral 
and the campanile of Giotto, as well as in the church of 
Sta, Maria Novella. Serpentine of the verd-antique type 
has also been quarried and used in various other regions, 
as in Cornwall ; in the counties of Galway, Donegal, and 
Sllgo In Ireland ; in Banffshire, Scotland ; and in Vermont 
and Connecticut in the United States. The objections to 
its use in outdoor construction are that, as a general rule, 
it does not stand the weather well, and that it is not 
easily obtained in large blocks sufficiently free from flaws 
to justify their use. Also called ophicalcite. 
The hills of Antioch are part of them of a crumbling 
stone, like verd antique. 
Pococke, Description of the F.ast, II. i. 193. 
verdantly (ver'dant-li), adv. In a verdant 
manner, (a) Freshly ; flourishingly. (6) After the man- 
ner of a person green or simple through Inexperience. 
[Colloq.J 
verdantness (ver'dant-nes), n. The character 
or state of being verdant, in any sense. 
verdea (ver-da'ii), . [< It. rcrdca (F. verdee), 
name of a variety of grape and of wine made 
from it, < verde, green: see verd, vert 1 .'] 1. A 
white grape from which wine is made in Italy. 
2. A wine made from this grape, or in part 
from it, produced in the neighborhood of Ar- 
cetri, near Florence. 
verde antico. Same as verd-auti i/ m . 
verde di Corsica. See gabbro. 
verd6e (ver-da'). a. In her., same as rerdoy. 
verdert (ver'der), n. Same as verdure, 3. 
verderer, verderor (ver'der-er, -or), n. [For- 
merly also verdonr (the second -er being super- 
fluous, as in poulterer, fruiterer, etc.), < OF. ver- 
dier, < ML. riridtiriug, one in charge of the trees 
and underwood of the forest, < LL. viride. green- 
ness, pi. green plants: see iwrfl, vert.] In l-'.n/i. 
forest law, a judicial officer in the royal forests, 
whose peculiar charge was to take care of the 
vert that is, the trees and underwood of the 
'I hey | Hi. freeholder*) were the men who served on Ju- 
ries, who chose the coroner and the terderer. 
WiiWw, fOIISt. Hist., i 4MI. 
verdict (ver'dikt), ;i. [Formerly also rerdil ; < 
Ml 1 :, iri'ilil, i-irdili; rirdnit, ruiriiit, < OF. n nlil. 
verdict, < ML. rt-n dictum. a verdict, lit. 'a true 
say ing or report'; orig. two words, Mn </'"/. 
n a , truly; il it-tutu, neut. otdictus, pp. otilm /. . 
say: see diction.'] 1. In /, the answer of a 
jury given to the court concerning any matter 
of fact in any cause, civil or criminal, comm i 1 1 e< I 
to their trial and examination, in criminal cause* 
the usual verdict Is "guilty " or "not guilty " ; in Scotland 
it may be " not proven." In civil causes it is a verdict lor 
the plaintiff or for the defendant, according to the fact. 
These are called ijmrrttl cerdicts. In some civil causes, 
when there is a doubt aa to how the law ought to be 
applied to the facts, a tpecial verdict is given finding and 
stating specific facts, and leaving the court to draw the 
proper conclusion. See jury. 
He tolde me that he selde to the jurores whfche have 
sealed her verdite: "Serls, I wot well this verdite after my 
inakyng Is not elfectuel in lawe, and therefore may happe 
it shall be makfd newe at London." Patton Letter*, I. M. 
My soul, . . . thy doubt-depending cause 
Can ne'er expect one verdict 'twlxt two laws. 
yuarle*, Emblems, iv. Eplg. 1. 
2. Decision; judgment; opinion pronounced: 
as, the verdict of the public. 
Bad him seye his verdit as him leste. 
Chaucer, Gen. Prol. toC. T., 1. 787. 
Nor caring how slightly they put off the verdit of holy 
Text unsalv'd. Milton, Prelatical Episcopacy. 
We will review the deeds of our fathers, and pass that 
just verdict on them we expect from posterity on our own. 
KiniTxiM, Hist. Discourse at Concord. 
Open verdict, a verdict upon an inquest which finds that 
a crime has been committed, but does not specify the 
criminal, or which finds that a sudden or violent death 
has occurred, but does not find the cause proved. Par- 
tial verdict See partial. Privy verdict. See privy. 
Sealed verdict, a verdict reduced to writing and 
sealed up for delivery to the court : a method sometimes 
allowed, to avoid detaining the jury, after they have 
readied an agreement, until the next session of the court. 
Special verdict, a verdict in which the jury find the 
facts and state them aa proved, but leave the conclusion 
to be drawn from the facto to be determined by the court 
according as the law applicable thereto may require. 
- Syn. 1. Decree, Judgment, etc. See decision. 
verdigris (ver'di-gres), n. [Formerly alsorcr- 
digrease (prob. often associated with E. yreaxe, 
as also with amliergnx) ; < ME. verdegrese, verde- 
grece, rerdegrees, rerdgrexe, verte grefe, rerte 
grez, < OF. rerd de gris, '" verdigrease, a Spanish 
greene" (Cotgrave), also vert ae grit, F. rert-de- 
gris (the ME. form verte grece glossed by ML. 
riride Grecum, lit. 'Greek green'): OF. rerd, 
vert (< ML. viride), green; de, of; Gris, Greeks, 
pi. of Gri, < L. Gnecus, Greek: see Greek 
and Grew'*. For the name 'Greek green,' cf. 
MHG. grtienspan, spangrucn, G. griinxpan, 8w. 
spanxkgrona, si>unsKgront, Dan. spaniikgrdnt, D. 
spaanscli-groen, verdigris, < ML. viride Hixpaiium 
(also viride Hispauicvm), 'Spanish green.' The 
F. rert de grif has been erroneously explained 
as ' green of gray ' (grig, gray : see grise*) ; the 
form verte grr: as possibly for vert aigret, green 
produced by acid (vinegar: see eager 1 and rine- 
gar) ; also as ' green grit ' (grez, grit : see grift) ; 
or as substituted for another term for verdi- 
gris, namely OF.rcrrferis,< ML. viride serin, verdi- 
gris, lit. ' green of copper' (serin, gen. of ien, cop- 
per or bronze). Cf. OF. verdet, verdigris, dim. of 
dant in dyeing wool black, in calico-printing, 
and in gilding, in several processes in the chem- 
ical arts, and in medicines Verdigris, like all the 
compounds into which copper enters, is poisonous ; and 
it 1s very apt to fonn on the surface of copper utensils, 
owing to the action of vegetable juices. It is, chemically, 
a crystalline salt known as the basic acetate of copper. It 
ranges in hue from green to greenish-blue, according to 
the proportions of acetic acid and copper contained. As 
a pigment it is fairly permanent, but has little body, and 
is generally used only as a glazing color. 
Bole armoniak, verdfrrreex, boras. 
Chaucer, 1'rol. to Canon's Yeoman's Tale, 1. 237. 
Distilled verdigris, a neutral acetate of copper, obtained 
by dissolving common verdigris in hot acetic acid, and 
allowing the salt U> crystallize out of the cooled solution. 
It forms dark-green crystals. 
verdigris (ver'di-gres), r. t. [< verdigris, n.~\ 
To cause to be coated with verdigris ; cover or 
coat, with verdigris. Hawthorne. 
verdigris-green (v^r'di-gres-gren), n. A bright, 
very oluish green. 
verdin (ver'din), n. [< F. verdin, yellowham- 
mer (= Sp. verdino, bright-green), < verd, rert, 
green: see verd.] The gold tit, or yellow- 
veretillifonn 
headed titmouse, Auripartut Jlarirepn, inhabit- 
ing parts of Ari/.una, California, and south- 
Hard. It is 4J inches long, of a grayish color 
with liri^'ht-yell.iw head. See lit- and lilmiiiiii-. 
verdingalet, verdingalt, " Same as fnrtliiii- 
'l/l/l . 
verditt, verditet, ". Obsolete forms of ver- 
tin'i. 
verditer (ver'di-ter), w. [< OF. verd de terre, 
earth-green: verd, green; de, of; terre, earth.] 
A name applied to two pigments, one green, 
the other blue, prepared by decomposing cop- 
per nitrate with chalk or quicklime. See green* 
and lit in . 
verdituret, An erroneous form of rerditer. 
l'i iii-lniiii. 
verdjuicet, An old spelling < 
verdoy (ver'doi), . [< OK. nrdni/i-r, become 
green, put out leaves, < verd, green : seerwd.] 
In l*rr., charged with leaves, branches, or other 
vegetable forms: especially noting a border. 
Also verdee. 
verdun (ver-dun'), n. [< Verdun, a town in 
France.] A long straight sword with a narrow 
blade, used in the sixteenth century: a vari- 
ety of the rapier of that period, carried rather 
in civil life than in war. The blade was S feet 8 inches 
or more In length. This weapon was considered a* espe- 
cially suitable for the duel. 
verdure ( ver'dur), H. [< ME. verdure, < OF. ver- 
dure, F. verdure (= 8p. Pg. It. verdura), < verd, 
vert, < L. viridis, green: see verd.] 1. Green- 
ness; specifically, the fresh green of vegeta- 
tion; also, green vegetation itself: as, the eer- 
dure of spring. 
Alle his vesture uerayly watj clene trrdvre, 
Bothe the barres of his belt & other blythe stones. 
That were richely rayled in his aray clene. 
Sir Oavayne and the Green Knight (E. E. T. S.), L 161. 
Innepee she lepte the fenestre vppon, 
All. me beheld she uerdures flouresshfng. 
Ram. <>/ rartenay (E. E. T. H.), 1. Xj)23- 
Plants of eternal terditrt only grew 
Upon that virgin soil. 
..' i:.<iiii,iiitit. Psyche, ii. 190. 
Bleak winter flies, new verdure clothes the plain. 
Courper, tr. of Milton's Latin Elegies, v. 
Hence 2. Freshness in general. 
Whatsoever I should write now, of any passages of these 
days, would lose the rerdure before the letter came to you. 
/)..,. Letters, llx. 
3. In decorative art, tapestry of which foliage 
or leafage on a large scale, scenery with trees, 
or the like, is the chief subject. Also tapis de 
verdure. 
A counterpaynt of verder. . . . lije gret kerpcttes for 
tables if ... of fyne arres and the other of verder. 
Dame Aynei Ilunrjerfurd'f Inventory, temp. Henry VIII. 
KArchKologla, XXXVIII. 364). 
verdure (ver'dur), r. t. ; pret. and pp. verdured, 
ppr. verduring. " [< verdure, n.] To cover with 
or as with verdure: as, ''verdured bank," 1'ar- 
nell. 
One small circular Island, profusely verdured, reposed 
upon the bosom of the stream. Pot, Tales, I. S63. 
verdureless (ver'dur-les), a. [< verdure + 
-lexx.] Destitute of verdure ; barren, 
verdurous (vor'dur-us), a. [< verdure + -ous.~\ 
Covered with verdure ; clothed with the fresh 
color of vegetation; verdant: as, verdurous 
pastures. 
Yet higher than their tops 
The verdurous wall of Paradise up sprung. 
Mtltun, P. L, Iv. 148. 
Through verdurous glooms and winding mossy ways. 
Keats, Ode to a Nightingale. 
verecundt (ver'e-kund), a. [= Pg. verecundo 
= It. rerecondo, < L. verecundus, modest, bash- 
ful, < vereri, reverence, respect: see revere 1 .] 
Bashful; modest. 
verecundiOUSt (ver-e-kun'di-us), a. [< L. vere- 
cundia, modesty, bashfulness, < rcrecundug, 
modest: see verecuiid.] Modest ; bashful ; vere- 
cund. S'ir H. Jl'otton, Reliquig?, p. 156. 
verecundityt (ver-e-kun'di-ti). [< rerecund 
+ -ity.] The state or quality of being vere- 
cund; bashfulness; modesty. 
veretilleous (ver-e-til'ius), a. [< LL. veretil- 
liini, dim. of L. vc'retrum, the penis: see Vert- 
ti/lnm.] Rod-like; virgate; of or pertaining 
to the I'ereliUidse : as, a veretilleous pennatuloia 
polyp. 
Veretillidae (ver-e-til'i-de), n.pl. [NL.,< Vere- 
tilliini + -idee.] A family of pennatuloid alcy- 
onarian polyps, whose type genus is VeretiUum. 
veretilliform (ver-e-til'i-form), a. [< LL. vere- 
tillum (see veretilleous) + L. forma, form.] 
Rod-like; veretilleous: specifically noting or- 
dinary holothurians having a long, soft, sub- 
