vermilion 
wax, and fur other purposes. The name artificial ver- 
iniliotl is alo :<p|)li'''l In ;i \ . nuilii.ti n-i I ni:ule liy ple.'ipi 
tatillKtlle -nil] III r'.l.. I <i>.|u oil orange Illlnenil. It is 
quite eqllill in color. In illi.inrv, lin.l lin.ly t tll:lt ni:'le 
from quicksilver; but it is not very permanent umi' t- 
thc (Hurt ;irlhin of tin- hill], Hull -- plnlrrlt-,1 liy a Coat 
of varnish. 
3. A color such as that of the almvc pigment : 
a beaiitil'nl lirilliaiit n-.l color. 
The iirmeH, that nu^t ><> Ink-lit iliil shn, 
Into a pure Ci-nnitiini, now an- ilyle. 
., F. Q., I. v. a. 
4. A cotton cloth dyed with vermilion. 
They buy Cotton Wnoll in London, that . umes tlrst from 
Cyprus and .Smyrna, and at home \vrkc the same, and per- 
tit into Fustians, I't-riitiliniix, Dymitics, and other such 
Slnttes, and tin 'ii relume il I.. London. 
1.. llt'bcrtjt, Treasure of Tnitlkkc, quote.! in A. llarlow's 
I .-living, p. 26. 
5. Same as rerun il, 4. 
Several Gold Rings set with 'I'urky and VcrmiUiont. 
Quoted in Anhtun'n Social Life in Kcigl) of Queen 
[Anne, I. 1X1. 
Antimony vermilion. Sec antiuiouii. Orange ver- 
milion. Seuorawyei. 
II. n. Of the color of vermilion ; of the bril- 
liant pure-red color common in the bloom of 
the single scarlet geranium: as, H. rrrmiliouAye. 
The land of tears irav.- forth a blast of wind, 
And fulminated a vermilion light, 
Which overmastered in me every sense, 
And as a man whum sleep hath seized I fell. 
Lonyffllvit', tr. of Dante's Inferno, iii. 134. 
Vermilion border, the red part of the human lips, where 
the skin passes over into mucous membrane. Vermilion 
flycatcher, a small tyrant-l)ird of the genii* Pyrftctpka- 
litx, as I*. ruhinfttK, about 6 inches long, the male of which 
is dark-brown with all the under parts and a full globular 
crest vermilion-red or crimson. A bird of this kind in- 
habits Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California, and the 
regions southward ; and several others are found in the 
warmer parts of America. See cut under Pyrocephalu*. 
Vermilion lacquer. Same as coral lacquer (which see, 
under coral). 
vermilion (ver-mil'yon), v. t. [< vermilion, n.] 
To color with or as with vermilion ; dye red ; 
cover or suffuse with a bright red. 
A sprightly red vermilinni all her face. 
Granville, A Receipt for Vapours. 
vermilyt (ver'mi-li), H. [Irreg. extended from 
vermil, vermeil.] Same as vermilion, tipenner, 
F. Q., III. viii. 6. 
vermin (ver'min), it. [Formerly also vermine 
(also dial, varmiii, varmint, varment); < ME. 
vermine, rrrmune, < OF. (and F.) vermine = Pr. 
vermena = It. vermine, vermin, noxious insects, 
etc., as if < L.*wrm4lMM or *verminu$,<. vermis, 
a worm: see worm.'] 1. Any noxious or trou- 
blesome animal: mostly used in a collective 
sense. 
Your woful moder wende stedfastly 
That cruel houndes or som foul verinyne 
Hadde eten yow. Chaucer, Clerk's Tale, 1. 1039. 
(a) A worm ; a reptile. 
No heart have you, or such 
As fancies, like the vermin in a nut, 
Have fretted all to dust and bitterness. 
Tennyson, Princess, vi. 
(6) A noxious or disgusting insect, especially a parasite ; 
particularly, a louse, a bedbug, or a flea. <<> A mammul 
or bird injurious to game, and mischievous or troublesome 
in game-preserves : chiefly au English usage. Such quad- 
rupeds as badgers, otteis, weasels, polecats, rats, and mice, 
and such birds as hawks and owls, are all called wrmin. 
Inhuman devill ! think some fatall hower 
Will bring huge troupes of vermine to devoure 
Thy graine & thee. 
Times' Whistle (E. E. T. S.X p. 99. 
They [of Java Major] feede on Cats, Rats, and other 
vermine. Purchan, Pilgrimage, p. MO. 
Like a vermin or a wolf, when their time comes they 
die and perish, and in the mean time do no good. 
Jer. Taylor, Holy Living, i. 1. 
It is not so much to me and my fraternity as those base 
vermin the Otters. /. Walton, Complete Angler, p. 21. 
Hence 2. A contemptible or obnoxious per- 
son; a low or vile fellow; also, such persons 
collectively. 
You are my prisoners, base vermine. 
S. Butler, Hudibras, II. iii. 1072. 
Sir, this vermin of court reporters, when they are forced 
into day upon one point, are sure to burrow in another. 
Burke, Anier, Taxation. 
vermint (ver'min), v. t. [< rcrmin, n,] To rid 
or clear of vermin. 
Get warrener bound 
To vermine thy ground. 
Tuner, Husbandry, January's Abstract. 
verminate (ver'mi-nat), v. i. ; pret. and pp. ver- 
;i'Hefrf,ppr. rrrniiniitini/. [< 1,. rerminare, have 
worms, have crawling pains (cf . ccrmina, gripes, 
belly-ache), < vermin, worm: see rrrmin.] To 
breed vermin; become infested with worms, 
lice, or other parasites. 
vermination (ver-mi-na'shon), H. [< L. vermi- 
natio(n-), worms (as a disease), also crawling 
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pains, ',. rii-mniiin, liau- worms, have crawl- 
ing pains: see ri rniiiiiili . ] The gencratiun "r 
hi. i . I in e; of worms i >r other parasites; parasitic 
int'fslatinii. as liy int.-M inal worms; liolminthi- 
;i>is: plilhiriasis: the lousy disease. 
verminert (ver'im-ncr;. . A terrier. 
The beagles, the lurchers, and lastly, the tvrmi.e . 
as we should call them, the terriers. 
Aiiuiri'ilh. ljln.-a-.lill.- \\ it. lies, ill. 1. 
vermin-killer (vcr'min-kil'er), H. Oue who or 
tlial which kills vermin. 
verminlyt (vcr'min-li), . [< ririinn + -I;! 1 .] 
Like or characteristic of vermin. 
They have nothing in them but a verminly nimbleneu 
and subtlety, being bred out of the putrefactions of men's 
brains. Up. (iauden, Hierasplstes (1(453), p. 37. (Latham.) 
verminous (ver'mi-mis). <i. [= F. //,/,,/./ 
= Sp. Pg. It. rrrmiiinsii, < \,. n r in i no/run, full of 
worms. < ri-rniin, worm: sec nrmiii.] 1. Tend- 
ing to verminato, or breed vermin; affected 
with verminatiou ; infested with parasitic ver- 
min : ;is. ririiiiiin ii,i carrion. 
Vermtnout and polluted rags dropt over-worn from tin 
toy ling shoulders of Time. Milton, Prelatlcal Episcopacy. 
iir bow long he had held verminout occupation of bis 
blanket and skewer. Dtelcenn, Tom Tiddler's Ground, i. 
2. Due to the presence of vermin ; caused by 
vermin : as, verminous ulcers. See phtliiriasitt. 
3. Of the nature of or consisting of vermin ; 
like vermin. 
Do you place me in the rank of r-enninoug fellows, 
To destroy things for wages? 
Miililleton and Rowley, Changeling, ill. 4. 
That soft class of devotees who feel 
Reverence for life so deeply that they spare 
The mrminoui brood. 
Wordtworth, The Borderers, Ii. 
I'mninorm and murderous muckworm of the Parisian 
Commune. Swinburne, Fortnightly Rev., N. S., XLH. 178. 
Verminous craslst, a diseased condition supposed to he 
due to the presence of intestinal worms. Verminous 
fever, a fever due to the presence of intestinal worms. 
verminously (ver'mi-nus-li), adv. In a vermi- 
nous manner, or to a verminous degree ; so as to 
breed worms ; as if infested by worms : as, ver- 
minously unclean. 
vermiparous (ver-mip'a-rus), a. [< L. vermin, 
worm, + parere, bear, -V -oux.] Producing or 
breeding worms. 
A generation of eggs, or some venniparoittt separation. 
Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., iii. 20. 
vermis (ver'mis), M. ; pi. vermeg (-mez). [L., a 
worm: see worm.] In anat., the median lobe 
or division of the cerebellum ; the vermiform 
process of the cerebellum, divided into jtrercr- 
ii# and jioxtvermix. 
Vermivora (ver-miv'o-rS), M. [NL. (Swainson, 
1827), < L. vermis, a worm, + vorare, devour.] 
A genus of birds, the American worm-eating 
warblers : now divided into several other gen- 
era, including Hvlmintheruft (Ift'linuiu or ftclti- 
nseft) and Helniinthopluioti (or Hclntinthophiltt). 
(See u'arbler, ttcainp-icarbler, and cut under Helmintho- 
phaya.) The name was applied by Lesson in 1831 to a dif- 
ferent genus (of the family Tyrannidx), and had been used 
by Meyer in 1822 in another sense. 
vermivorous (ver-miv'o-rus), a. [< L. tennis, 
worm, + nirare, devour, + -OH*.] Worm-eat- 
ing; feeding on worms; devouring grubs; eru- 
civorous; campophagous. 
Vermonter (ver-mon'ter), n. [< Vermont (see 
def.) + -er 1 .] A native or an inhabitant of 
Vermont, one of the New England States of 
the United States of America. 
In 1776 the Vermonters sought admission to the provin- 
cial Congress. Encyc, Brit., XXIV. 168. 
vermuth, vermouth (ver'm6th), H. [= F. vcr- 
mottt, werinoiith, < G. icermuth, wormwood, = 
AS. wermoti, wormwood : see icormicood.] A 
sort of mild cordial consisting of white wine 
flavored with wormwood and otner ingredients. 
It is prepared chietly in France and Italy, that of Turin 
being the most esteemed, and its special use is to stimu- 
late the appetite by its bitterness. 
vernacle 1 (ver'na-kl), n. [< L. rernactiltis, na- 
tive, vernacular: see vernacular.] A vernacu- 
lar word, term, or expression. [Rare.] 
Vernades or vernacular terms. 
Buck's Handbook of Med. Scienca, VIII. 518. 
vernacle-t (ver'na-kl), . A Middle English 
form of rrrnirlc. 
vernacular (v<>r-nak'u-lar), a. and . [< L. 
verniiculm, native, domestic, indigenous, of or 
pertaining to home-born slaves. < verna, a 
native, a home-born slave (one born in his 
master's house), lit. 'dweller,' < v/ r. = Skt. 
\/ vox, dwell : see MVI.S.] I. a. 1. Native; in- 
digenous; belonging to the country of one's 
birth ; belonging to the speech that one naturally 
acquires: as, English is our vernacular language. 
vernal 
The word is always, or almost always, used of 
t lie native language . ir ordinary id i mil of a place. 
Thin [Welsh] Is on. -of th.- fomt.-.-n rrrnarwlar tau\ in- 
di-|n'iid.-nt ronu'iK-sof Cur ]>-, an. I hh. hath dutTB 1)1*- 
1,-,-t.. //.-.'.(/. I ' 
The tongues which now are called learned w.-tr ind.-. .1 
vernacular when lirut the Scriptures u.-ir u 1 111,11 in th. n. 
Ktxlyn, Tru.- 1C. I: 
An ancient father of hU valley on. b.. H tlioi-inghly 
vernacular In his talk. /),V"""/ style, ii 
2. Hence, specifically, charwiteristii- of a lo- 
cality: as, r< riiiii-iilur architecture Vernacular 
disease, a disease which prevails in a particular count!) 
or district ; an epidemic, or more accurately an end. -nu. , 
.ii-. ,-. . 
II. n. One's mother-tongue; the native idiom 
of a place; by extension, the language of a 
lenticular calling. 
He made a version of Aristotle'i Ethics Into the vernac- 
ular. Premtt, Ferd. *nd Is , i -.'. 
The English Church ... had obtain..! tin- I'.lble In 
Kngllsh. and the use of the chief forms of prayer In the 
vernacular. Mutton, Medieval and Modern Hist., p. 281. 
On the bar we found friends that we had made in Pan- 
ama, who had preceded us a few days, long enough to 
speak the vernacular of mining, and to pride themselvni 
on being "old miners," The Century, XLH. 128. 
vernacularism (ver-nak'u-liir-izm), n. [< nr- 
nacular + -i#m.] 1. A vernacular word or ex- 
pression. Quarterly Her. 2. The use of the 
vernacular: the opposite of clantiicalim, 
vernacularity (ver-nak-u-lar'i-ti), n. ; pi. ver- 
imcularitieg (-tiz). [< reriiacnlin- + -ily.] A 
vernacularism; an idiom. 
Rustic Annandale, . . . with Its homely honesties, rough 
vernaculariticji. 
Carlyle, Reminiscences (Edward Irving), p. 264. 
vernacularization (ver-nak'u-lar-i-za'shon), 
B. [< rernaculari:e + -ation.] 1*he act or pro- 
cess of making vernacular; the state of being 
made vernacular. 
Thousands of words and uses of words, on their first 
appearance or revival as candidates for vtrnacularua- 
lion, must have met with repugnance, expressed or unex- 
pressed. F. Hall, Mod. Eng., p. 106. 
vernacularize ( ver-nak'u-lar-iz), v. t. ; pret. and 
pp. vernacularized, ppr. rernacularizinq. [(ver- 
nacular + -ize.] To make vernacular; ver- 
naculate. 
vernacularly (ver-nak'u-lar-li), adv. In ac- 
cordance with the vernacular manner; in the 
vernacular. 
vernaculate (ver-nak'u-lat), r. t. ; pret. and 
pp. vemaculated, ppr. vernacutating. [< L. ver- 
naculus, native, + -(2.] To express in a 
vernacular idiom ; give a local name to. [Rare.] 
Very large Antwerp [red raspberry] "patches," as they 
are pernaculntrd by the average fruit-grower. 
New York Semi-weekly Tribune, July 15, 1887. 
vernaculoust (ver-nak'u-lus), a. [= Sp. rer- 
ndculo = Pg. It. vernafulo, < L. vernaculug, na- 
tive, domestic, of or pertaining to home-born 
slaves: see vernacular.] 1. Vernacular. 
Their vernaculout and mother tongues. 
Sir T. Browne, Tracts, Tili. 
2. Of or belonging to slaves or the rabble; 
hence, scurrilous; insolent; scoffing. [A Lat- 
in ism.] 
The pet ul:. n. -y of every rernaculout orator. 
B. Jonton, Volpoue, Bad. 
vernaget (ver'naj), n. [< ME. vernage, < OF. 
ventage, < It. vernaccia, "a kind of strong wine 
like malmesie or mukadine or bastard wine" 
(Florio, 1598) (ML. rernachia), lit . ' winter wine,' 
< vernaceio, a severe winter, < rerno, winter, = 
It. Pg. inverno = Sp. invierno = F. hirer, winter. 
< L. niberHus, pertaining to winter: see /II'/XT- 
nate.] A kind of white wine. 
He drynketh ypocras, clarree, and vernage, 
Of spices hoot*-, to encressen his corage. 
Chaucer, Merchant's Tale, 1. 568. 
Sche broujthe hero Vernage and Crete. 
Babeet Book (E. E. T. S.), p. Ill, Indes. 
vernal (ver'nal), a. [< F. vernal = Pr. Sp. Pg. 
rernal = It. vernale, < LL. vernalis, of the spring, 
vernal, < L. ret', spring: see ver.] 1. Of or 
pertaining to the spring; belonging to the 
spring; appearing in spring: as, vernal bloom. 
In those vernal seasons of the year, when the air is 
calm and pleasant, it were an injury and snllenness against 
Nature not to go out and see her riches. 
Milton, Education. 
The vernal breeze that drives the fogs before It, ... It 
augmented to a tempest, will . . . desolate the garden. 
(ioldmiilh. National Concord. 
And beg an alms of spring-time, ne'er denied 
Indoors by rental Chaucer. 
Lotrtll, Under the Willows. 
2. Of or belonging to youth, the springtime of 
life. 
