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n. Discovery. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. OF. dessevrement. ] Disseverance. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. en- + vermeil: cf. OF. envermeiller. See Vermil. ] To color with, or as with, vermilion; to dye red. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To measure or estimate too largely. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Excessive measure; the excess beyond true or proper measure; surplus. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To meddle unduly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Excessive interference. “Justly shent for their overmeddling.” Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Too mellow; overripe. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Excessive merit. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., vermilion, fr. LL. vermiculus, fr. L. vermiculus a little worm, the coccus Indicus, from vermis a worm. See Worm, and cf. Vermicule. ] 1. Vermilion; also, the color of vermilion, a bright, beautiful red. [ Poetic & R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

In her cheeks the vermeill red did show
Like roses in a bed of lilies shed. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Silver gilt or gilt bronze. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A liquid composition applied to a gilded surface to give luster to the gold. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who treats of vermes, or worms; a helminthologist. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. vermes worms + -logy. ] (Zool.) A discourse or treatise on worms; that part of Zoology which treats of worms; helminthology. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ L. vermes, pl. of vermis a worm. ] (Zool.) (a) An extensive artificial division of the animal kingdom, including the parasitic worms, or helminths, together with the nemerteans, annelids, and allied groups. By some writers the branchiopods, the bryzoans, and the tunicates are also included. The name was used in a still wider sense by Linnaeus and his followers. (b) A more restricted group, comprising only the helminths and closely allied orders. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) Any species of vermetus. [ 1913 Webster ]