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VERDAGE. 122 VERDET.
Hence tToTdage z\ trans., to cut or use as
Tcrdage. Also with off,
X778 [W. H. Marshall] Minutes Agric^ Digest 62 Plowin
or Verdage-offa foul Crop. Ibid. 71 Verdaging the Corn
encourages the young Grasses, ibid, "ji Verdage weedy
margins early in Summer.
Verdancy (va-jdansi). [See Vkrdant a. and
-ANCY.]
L The quality, condition, or character of being
verdant; greenness.
1631 May tr. Barclays Mirr. Mindes T. 39 But the greatest
delight is, that soe faire a verdancy is almost distinguished
into diuerse colours. Ibid, 100 England abounding in rich
pastures, .doth cuery where delight the eyes of the beholders
with a most bcauiifuU \xrdancy. x88a Gd Words 608
Yellow freckles in some leaves may liestrew a surface of
unfadcd verdancj'. 1888 Harper's Mag. July 220 We see
..the same wonderful varieties of verdancy.
t b. iransf. Freshness of appearance. Oi'S.~^
1678 NoRRis Coii. Misc. (1699) 368 Had not the Youth and
Verdancy of her Face contradicted the ripeness of her Discoursings,
j-ou would have thought her well in years.
2. yTf. Innocence, inexperience ; rawness, sim-
plicity.
1849 W. S. Mayo Kaloolak xxxvii, True, in the verdancy
of youthful sentiment, many a one has shrunk from the
profane association ofruby Hps with the processes of mxstication
and deglutition. 1863 Baily's Mag. Jan, 358 Alas for
my verdancy
Verdant (vaudant), a. Also 7 verdent. [f.
verd' (as in verdure) + -ant, perhaps partly after
L. viridant-^ viridanSy pres. pple. of viriddre, f.
viridis green. Cf. also OF. verdeant {virdeant)^
verdoiant (F. verdoyant),'\
1. Of a green hue or colour ; green : a. Of
vegetation.
1581 A. Hall Iliad \. i Chryses . . With verdant crown,
wherewith Apoll his seemelyhead had clad. 1590 Spenser
F. Q. I, ix, 13 The verdant gras my couch did goodly dight.
1633 Cowt.EY Canstantia 114 Th' verdant grasse was dew'd
with many a teare. i66s J. Davies tr. Mandelslo's Tra7>.
267 Fruit-trees,.. which keep on their verdant Liveries all
the year long. 1698 Fryer Acc. E. India «f P. 64 The
Walks which before were covered with Nature's verdent
awnitig..are now open to the Sun. 1764 R. Lloyd
Capricious Lovers v. ii. When eve embrowns the verdant
grove. 1796 H. Hukter tr. St.-Pierre's Stud. Nat. (1799)
in. 334 We soon discovered the profound and verdant
forests which cover Celtic Gaul. 184s Loudon Suburban
Hort. 337 Where ornamental hedges and other verdant
architectural structures are to be grown. 1853 Kane
Grinnell Exp. K (1856) 474 Crowned each with its little
verdant tuft,—ten radishes!
b. In other applications, rare.
1649 Lovelace Grasshopper Poems 35 Poore verdant
foole \sc. a grasshopper], and now green Ice ! 1667 Milton
P. L. IX. 501 [The] Serpent.. With burnisht Neck of verdant
Gold, erect Amidst nis circling Spires. 1738 Gray Tasso 67
Here the soft emerald smiles of verdant hue.
2. Green with vegetation; characterized by
abundance of verdure.
1590 Spenser F. Q. i. ii. 17 Streames of purple bloud new
dies the verdant fields. 1647 Ogilby Virg. Georg. iv. 322
Gliding Streams.. Which border nigh the Quiver'd Persian
Land, And verdant Egypt Marl with fruitful Sand. 1667
Milton P. L. vni. 631 The parting Sun IJeyond the Earths
green Cape and verdant Isles Hesperian sets. 1738 Wesley
Ps. xxiii. ii. Where peaceful Rivers soft and slow Amid the
verdant Landskip flow. 1784 Cowper Task vl 70 As I
tread The walk, still verdant, under oaks and elms. 1815
Elphinstone Acc. Caubul (1842) \. 381 In the midst of a
verdant and pleasing country, which enjoys a temperate
climate. 1817 Moore Lalla R.^ Fire- Worshippers iv. go
Like those verdant spots that bloom Around the crater's
burning lips. 1868 Miss Braddon Dead Sea F. ii, The
verdant avenues and placid water.
3. ^j^. Of persons : Green, inexperienced, gullible.
1824 Byron ^uan xv. xciii. Because my business is to
dress society, And stuff with sage that very verdant goose.
1854 Poultry Chron. I. 263/2, I spoke of simple facts in my
own experience, and with the. .object of warning 'verdant *
purchasers. 1869 Punch 14 Aug. 57/1 Flush of his money
and just as refreshingly verdant.
Hence "Ve'rdantness, verdancy, rarer-^,
17*7 Bailey (vol. II), Verdantness, a flourishing, bright,
or lively Greenness.
II Verd-antique, verd antique (vaud antrk).
Also 9 verde-. [Oldtr K (now vert antique\
' antique green '. Cf. Verde antico.]
L An ornamental variety of marble, consisting
chiefly of serpentine mixed with calcite and dolomite.
X745 PococKE Descr. East II. i. 193 The hills of Antioch
are part of them of a crumbling stone, like verd antique.
^7^S^^"l- Trans. XLIX. 109 Columns of verd' antique and
oriental alabaster. 1806 J. Pinkekton Recollect. Paris II.
139 Egyptian breccia, .has been mistaken for the serpentinemarble,
called verd antique. 1838 Macaulav in Trevelyan
Li/eyu. (1876) II. 52, I should like to see the walls of St.
Paul's incrusted with porphyry and verde antique. 1884
Ma0. Art Apr. 226/1 Its design must have been made
entirely to suit the twelve columns of verd-antique which
surround its walls.
atirib. 1828 Lights * Shades II. 282 A verd-antique
pitcher with an ear. 1857 Dana Min. (1862) 147 Serpentine
fcn-ms a handsome marble when polished, especially when
mixed with limestone, constituting z'crd- mtique marble.
b. Oriental verd-antique, green porphyry. Occasionally
without adj. Also atirib.
i8s» E. Barber Painters' (etc.) Assist. 75 To imitate
Oriental Vcrdanlique Marble. 1857 Dana Min. (1862) 356
Green porphyry is the oriental verd antique of the ancients,
and was held in high esteem, 1879 Rutlev .V^«//. Rocks
xii. 240 The verde-antique porphyry is one of the diabaseporphyrites.
2. A green incrustation on brass or copper;
verdigris.