n. [ See Vert, Verdant. ]
n. The quality or state of being verdant. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ F. verdoyant, p. pr. of verdoyer to be verdant, to grow green, OF. verdoier, verdeier, fr. verd, vert, green, fr. L. viridis green, fr. virere to be green: cf. OF. verdant verdant, L. viridans, p. pr. of viridare to make green. Cf. Farthingale, Verjuice, Vert. ]
Let the earth
Put forth the verdant grass. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
[ F. vert antique a kind of marble; verd, vert, green + antique ancient: cf. It. verde antico. ] (Min.)
adv. In a verdant manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. verdit, OF. verdit, veirdit, LL. verdictum, veredictum; L. vere truly (fr. verus true) + dictum a saying, a word, fr. dicere, dictum, to say. See Very, and Dictum. ]
☞ The decision of a judge or referee, upon an issue of fact, is not called a verdict, but a finding, or a finding of fact. Abbott. [ 1913 Webster ]
These were enormities condemned by the most natural verdict of common humanity. South. [ 1913 Webster ]
Two generations have since confirmed the verdict which was pronounced on that night. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
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. viridis green + aes, aeris, brass. See Verdant, and 2d Ore. ]
☞ This rust is a carbonate of copper, and should not be confounded with true verdigris. U. S. Disp. [ 1913 Webster ]
Blue verdigris (Chem.),
Distilled verdigris (Old Chem.),
Verdigris green,
v. t. To cover, or coat, with verdigris. [ R. ] “An old verdigrised brass bugle.” Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. Sp. verdino bright green, F. verdin the yellow-hammer. ] (Zool.) A small yellow-headed bird (Auriparus flaviceps) of Lower California, allied to the titmice; -- called also