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VEBDETTO. 123 VBRDITB.
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1897 AUbuft'sSysi. Med. II. 801 There seems therefore to
be some quality in the maize itself, which when acted upon
by the *verdet 'as the fungus is called, produces a specific
poison.
Verdeter, var. Verditek.
llVerdetto. rare. [It,] = Verdet i.
1598 K. Haydocke tr. Loittazza iii. 99 They which make
Greenes, are greene bize, VerdJgrease, vcrdetto called holy,
inclining towards a yeallow. 1835 G. Field Chromatography
129 The greens called Verona green, and Verdetto,
or holy green, are similar native pigments [to terre-verte].
Verdeur, var. Verdour Obs. ; obs. f. Verdube.
Verdges, obs. f. Verjuice.
tVcrdic, «• Chem, Obs. [ad. mod.L. z/^rdiats
or F. verdique^ f. F. verdir ta become green,
Cf. Verdous a.] (See quots.)
1836-41 Branue Man. Chem. (ed. 5) 1198 Verdic Acid.—
This acid was extracted by Runge from several of the Untbelliferx
and Fiautaginex, &c., but chielly from the root of
the Scal'iosa succisa. 1843 Penny Cycl. XXVI. 2^6/1 Runge
slates that he found by analysis that verdic acid contains
attaint would lie. 1854, 1884 [see Perverse a. z c]. 1894
[see Sealed///, a. 2].
2. transf. andyf^. A judgement given by some
body or authority acting as, or likened to, a jury.
c 1381 Chaucer Parlt, Foules 525, I iuge on euery folk
men shul on calle To seyn the verdit for yow foulys alle. 1579
W. Wilkinson Confut. Familye ofLove 63 b, The euidence
..whereby.. that verdict should be gathered, which shall
passe agaynst vs. 1589 Warner Alb. Kng. Prose Add. (1612)
338 The lurour could not but giue Verdict for EUsa, and the
ludge sentence against ^Eneas. 1611 Speed Hist. Gt. Brit.
IX. ii. § 8 They are here presently to abide the verdite of
battaile. 1671 Milton Samsoti 324 Though Reason here
aver That moral verdit quits her of unclean. 1684 T. Burnet
Th. Earth 1. 295 Ought we not in this, as well as in other
things, to.. bring in an honest verdict for nature as well
as art? x86o Hawthorne Marb. Faun (Tauchn.) II. xvi.
177 Might we not render some such verdict as this?
' Worthy of Death but not unworthy of Love '. 1867 Freeman
Norm. Conq. (1877) l.vi. 501 The great Earl is at least
entitled to a verdict of Not Proven, if not of Not Guilty.
3. transf, A decision or opinion pronounced or
one equivalent of oxygen more than the verdous acid.
Verdict (v3udikt),.f^. Forms: a. 3-7, 9^//^/.,
verdit, 4-7 -dite, 6-7 -ditt, 3-6 verdyt, -dyte,
5 -dytt, -dyth(e ; 4 veirdit, 5 veredit, -dyte;
4-5 voirdit. ^. 5 wardytte, 6 varditt, -dytt,
6, 9 diai.^ vardit, 9 dial, vardite. Also Vardy.
7. 5 verdoit, 6 verduytt, 7 verduit, -duict.
5. 6-7 veredict, 6- verdict, 6 -dicte. [a. AF.
verdit (= OF. voirdit), f. ver^ veir true + t//V,
pa. pple. of dire to say, speak. Hence med.L.
verdictum {veredictum)^ to which the mod. spelling
and pronunciation are due. The mod.F. ver^
dicty Pg. verdictj Sp. verdicio^ are from Eng.]
1, Law. The decision of a jury in a civil or
expressed upon some matter or subject ; a finding,
conclusion, or judgement,
a. c X3/B6 Chaucer Prol. 787 (Petworth), Vs Jpou^t it was
not worbe to make to wis. .And bad him seie his veredit
[z/.n verdii(e, voirdit, verdoit] as him lest, f 1430 LvDc.i1//w.
Poems (Percy Soc.) 33 Clatcring pyes, whan tha come in presence.
Most malapert there verdit to purpose. 1545 Ascham
Toxopk. (Arb.) 73 When the messenger was gone, euery man
began to say his verdite, 1585 Daniel Paul. louius Pref.,
Neither must wee depend vpon the verdite of some conceled
Philosophers. 1617 Bp. Hall Epist. 11. v. 302 There is
none of all mylabours.. whereof I would so willingly heare
the verdit of the wise and iudicious. 1671 Milton Samson
1228 Cam'st thou for this, vain boaster, to survey me, To
descant on my strength, and*give thy verdit ? x8as Jennings
Observ. Dial. IV, Eng. 80 Verdiy Verdit, opinion. 1873
Williams & Jones Somerset Gloss, 40 Thats my verdit,
criminal cause upon an issue which has been submitted
to their judgement.
a. 1*97 R. GiJ>L'c (Rolls) 2980 He stod vp & sede be verdit
vor al opere ^at J>ere were, a i3»s MS. Raivl. 8.320 fol.
60b, 5if. -be Joree segge in his veirdit bat te askare is bastard,
c 1340 Hampole Pr. Consc. 2952 Until b^ihave gyven
bair verdite. And ouiher ^zx-e verdicte
the iuage taketh for a sure sentence.. without an! examinacion
of the circumstances, wherby they know.. their verdicte
to be true. 1559 Avlmer tiarborowe Lj b, Our lawe
committeth it to the veredict of .12. men. 1613 Shaks.
Hen. yillfV. \. 131 Not euer The Justice and the Truth o'
th' question carries The dew o' th* Veredict with it. ,1657 in
Verney Mem. (1907) II. 121 A house and lande, which nee
had recovered by law, and by a second verdict lost the same
again. 1674 Wood Life (O.H.S.t II. 281 The jury were
about to pass their verdict. 17*6 Li/e Penn P.'s Wks. 1. 15
The Agreement of Twelve Men is a Verdict in Law. 1781
CowpER Truth 448 The jury meet, the coroner is short, And
lunacy the verdict of the court. 1818 Cruise Digest (ed. 2)
II. 519 On the trial the Judge directed the jury to find a
verdict for the plaintiflF. 1885 Public Opinion 9 Jan. 36/3
An advocate who wins an unjust verdict has contributed to
bring about a miscarriage of justice.
Comb. t89s Daily News 10 May 2 Though Mr. Bramwell
bad a good practice, he was never a great verdict-getter.
b. Without article.
1437 Roils of Parlt. IV. 509/2 Founde gilty be verdite of
xii notable men. *( 1500 in Archae^l. (1904) LIX. lo By the
comyn lawe..ther Itth non atteynt upon untrewe verdit
gyffyn in London. 1535 Wriothesley CAr^^n. (Camden) I.
27 A jurie.. incontinent gave verdiit of them beinge guiltie
of the same treasoa 1577 Harriso.s England 11. ix. (1877)
I. 20a Our trials and recoueries are either by verdict and
demourre, confession or default 158^ TLyly Pappe w.
//a/cA^/ (1844) 25 The lurie gaue verdit and said guiltie.
171a pRiDEAi;x Direct. Ch.-vfardtns (ed. 4) 22 In ca>e any
should . . obtain Verdict on their side. 1797 Tomliss Jacob s
Law Diet. S.V., Another rule at Common law is, tlmt surplusage
will not vitiate after Verdict.
C. With particularizing addition.
1607 C^owBLL InterPr. s.v., This verdict is two-fold : either
generall or especial!. ..A general verdict is that, which is
giuen or brought into the Court, in like generall termes to
the generall is^ue. ibid.. This speciall verdict, if it containe
any ample declaration of the cause, from the beginning to
the end, is also called a verdict at large. i6s8 Coke On
Litt. I. 226b, There be two kindes of verdicts; viz. one
generall, and another al large or especiall. Ibid.y It is therefore
called a speciall Verdict or a Verdict at large, because
they finde the speciall matter at large, and leaue the iudgement
of law thereupon lo the Court. x6a8[see Privv a. 8J.
1665 [see Special a, 7). 1768 Blackstonk Comm. III. 377
The only effectual and legal verdict is the public verdict
in which they openly declare to have found the issue for the
plaintiff, or for the defendant. 1769 Ibid, IV. 354 The jury
..cannot, in a criminal case, give a privy verdict. But an
open verdict may be either general, guilty, or not guilty.
183s ToMLiNS Law Diet. s.v., Where a verdict is given by
thirteen jurors, It Is said to be a void verdict ; because no
a just resolve, A verdict ten times sworn !
Deoit Secret iii. i. The verdict of humanity is always against
any individual member of the species who presumes to differ
from the rest. x88a C. Pebody Eng. Journalism xvii. 127
No controversy b supposed to be closed till the Times has
given its verdict.
b. Without article.
1537 [?Tindale] ExP. St. John 93 Of such he geueth verdyte
contynently. Ibid. 100 The Apostle Jhon..gaue such
verdyte. 1566 Drant Horace, Sat. x. E vj b, In learnyng
rype, in venue juste, in verdite sharpe and sa^e. 1^96
Spenser F. Q. vii. vii. 27 ludge thy selfe, by verdit of thine
eye, Whether to me they are not subiect all
1 4. A vote or suffrage. Ods.~^
1580 in 10th Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm. App. V. 431 Neither
the Mayor,, .nor any Mayors peare, shall have either at the
tyme of ellectioa or for any other cause but th« verdicte of
one man.
Ve'rdict, v. rare, [f. prec]
1. trans. To pass judgement upon, to give decision
or pronounce an opintoa concerning (some
l>erson or thing).
1594 Q. Elizabeth in Tytler Hist. Scot. (1864) IV. 349
We princes are set upon highest stage, where looks of all
beholders verdict our works. 1634 Rainbow Labour {1635)
16 Must a lury of Trades be busied lo verdict him readie?
2. intr. To pronounce a verdict or sentence
against somethinfj.
x^^ Literature 12 Nov. 439 Lawful men of the neighbourhood
. .verdict entirely against their own temporal interest.
t Verdier. Obs.—^ « Verdeu 2.
x6ii CoTGR., Verdier, a Verdier, or ouerseer of a forest
a ludge or Officer .. who commaunds all the Raungers,
Woodwards, Foresters, &c.
Verdiffris (vaudigris). Forms: a. 4 verdegrez,
4-0 -8:res(e, 5 -greys, 7 -gresse, -griese,
7-8 -grease; 5-6 verdegrece, 6-7 -greace, 7-8
-greece ; 6-9 verdigrease, 6 -grese, 6-8 -greese
6
(7 verdie-), 6 verdigrece, 7 -greace, -greece ;
verdygresse, -grace, 7 virdigreace, -greese.
^, 4 vertegrez, 5-6 -grece (5 vertagrece, 6
verthigreace', 5 vertgrez, -grees, 6 -grese,
-grease, 7 -greece. 7. 5 vert de grece, 7 vertdegrease.
6. 6, 8-9 verdegris (6 verddegris\
7-9 verdigrise, 8- verdigris, «. 6 vargrasse,
vergre8(se (wer-), vergrys, Sc. vern-, varngris.
[a. AF, and OF, vert de Grece {c 1170),
OF, verte grez^ij^ih c.)jvert de grice {1^1^), vertde-gris
(15th c. ; also mod.K,), lit. * green of
Greece * : see Veut sb.^ Cf. med.L. viride grecum
(i4-i5th c). T^ie terminal syllable at an early
date was no longer understood and hence underwent
various corruptions of spelling and pronunciation.]
1. A green or greenish blue substance obtained
artificially by the action of dilute acetic acid on
thin plates of copper (or a green rust naturally
forming on copper and brass), and much used as a
pigment, in dyeing, the arts, and medicine; basic
acetate of copper.
o. 1336-7 Ely Sacr. Rolls (1907) IL 92 In ij libris dim. de
verdegrez empt., ijs. vd. c 1386 Chauckr Chanon Yeom.
Prol. Sf 7; 791 (Corpus), 5it wol I telle hem,.. As boole
armonyak, Verdegres, Boras. 14x7 in For. Ace. 8 Hen. V,
D j/2 Vermelone, Coperos, Verdegres, Vernysshe. 14.. Voc.
in Wr.-Wulcker6iQ Viride grecum^ verdegrece. 1495 /"r^visa^s
Barth. De P. R. xix. xxxviii. 879 In the same wyse
as Cerusa is verdegreys made,,. and comyth of vapour of
stronge vyneygre shed vpon plates of brasse. 153a in E.
Law Hampton Cri. Pal. (1885) 363, 3 sackes of verdygrace
conteynyng 23 lb. 158a Batman Trevisa's Barth. De P. Ii.
Add. 259 Vcrdigrese, which as it is a colour for Painters, so
it is a fretting poison. 1626 Bacon Sylva % 291 Metalls give
Orient and Fine Colours.. in their Putrefactions or Rusts;
as Vermilion, Verdegrease, Bise. 1681 Grew Museum ni.
iii. i. 341 A sort of Native Verdegriese, from the Copper-
Mines of Herngrundt. 1691 Patent Specif^ o. 270, Verdigrease
being a commodity of great vse in this our realme,
especially for painting and dying, and never hitherto made
here. ci7aoW. Gibson Farrier's Dispens.M.\\\. (1734) 97
The Verdigrease which is made by the pressings of the \Vine
put upon plates of Copper. 1758 Ann. Reg. 292 That their
process in salt-making would dissolve the surface of the
copper, into verdigreese, 1807 G. Chalmers Caledonia I.
I. lii. 107 The head of a Roman spear. .of brass, .and. .en.
crusted with verdigrease.
p. 1300-1 Durham Aec. Rolls (Surtees) 502 In vertegrez,
meile, atramento. £:i386 Chauckr Can. Yeom. Prol. ^ T.
791 (Ellesm.), Boole armonyak, vertgrees, Boras, a 1425 tr,
Arderne^s Treat. Fistula, etc. 82 Wax and oilcdulle (je
scharpnez of vertgrese, and vertgrese represse)? |>eir putrefaccion
and humcccacion. 1487-8 in Willis & Clark Cawbridge{iZZ6)l.^i2
Pro xj Ii. de colore viridi, anglice, vertagrece,
xs. xd. 1362 Turner Herbal 11. 151 [Turpentine] is
good for lepres, wyth vert gresse. 1373 Art of Liviming 6
To temper Vertgrese, called Spanishe greene. z6i2 Peacham
Gentl, E.xerc. 82 Vert-greece is nothing else but the rust of
brasse. 1656 '^xjasi^i Glossogr., Verd-greaseotvert-greeee.
y. c 1400 Lanfranc's Cinirg. 257 Take hony. .& pan do
Jierto 5 -ij. of vert de grece. 1674 Vertdegrease[see 2].
6. 1565 Cooper Thesaurus, Aerugo, . verd degris : the rust
of brasse either artificiall or naturall. 1378 Lvte Dodoens
106 Gladyn pounde with a little Verdegris. .draweth forth al
kindes of thornes. 1601 Holland Plifty II. 471 This is
altogither artificiall, and is made of Cyprian verdegris or
rust of brasse. i68x Ciietham Angler''s Vade-m. ii. §4
(1689) 9 Haifa Pound of green Copperas, [and] as much
Verdigrise. 1737 Dyer Fleece i. 279 Corrosive drugs. .Dry
allum, verdigrise, or vitriole keen. 1789 Mrs. Piozzi
Journ. France I. 378 Here is a brassy scent in the air as of
verdigris. 1819 Shelley (Edipns ii. i. 76 Scorpions are green,
and water-snalces, and efts, And verdigris. x836. Butterflies