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VERDURED.
hills are.. distinguished by their fine green verdure. 1878
Bbownisg La Saisiaz 52 Praising still That soft tread on
velvet verdure, as it wound through hill and hill.
t o. //. Green plants or herbs. Obs.
c 147s ParUnay 3824 She lepte the fenesire vppon, Aboue
beheld she uerdures Houresshing. c 1481 Caxton Dialogues
13/22 In wodes ben the verdures, Brembles, bremble berics
1631 G. TowNSHEND Tempe Resior'd\ All this second story
seem'd of Silver worke mixt with fresh Verdures. 1603
Evelyn De la Quint. Compl. Card. 1 1. 199 Parsley, .is comprehended
under the Title of Verdures or green Pot-herbs.
1719 London & Wise Compl. Card. ix. 282 May. It is now
the time of the flourishing reign of all Verduers and green
things. 17M WOI.L.4STON Relig. Nat. ix. 206 He might
perhaps now and then meet with a little smooth way, . . or be
flattered with some verdures and the sidles of a few daisies
on the banks of the road.
+ 3. A rich tapestry ornamented with representations
of trees or other vegetation. Obs.
Common c 152S-C 1550 after French usage : see also Ver-
DERt I, VerdourI 2.
1513 MS. Papers 5 Hen. VIII, No. 4101 (Publ. Rec Oflice),
A Counterpoynt of paly verdure, ..an old counterpoint of
Redde verdures. (Tisjo Dice-Play (Percy) 9 Divers well
trimmed chambers, the worst of them apparelled with verdures.
Z586 Rates o/Custome E viij, Tappistry with wul or
Verdure the flemish elle, xii. d.
II. t4- Freshness or agreeable briskness of
taste in fruits or liquors ; also simply, taste, savour.
1513 Brad.skaw si. iVerhurge I. 614 A swete tree bryngeth
forth. .Swete fruyte and delycyous in tast and verdure.
c 1540 tr. Pol. Virg. Eng. Hist. (Camden) I. 216 Being
parched and brent.. it engenderethe the verdure and taste
ofsalie. 1574 R. Scot //o/ Car,/. (1578) 6That Ale. .borow.
eth the Hoppe, as without the which it wanteth his chiefe
grace and best verdure. 1601 Holland Pliny I. 424 Upon
such a chaunce and unhappie accident it [new wine] looselh
the verdure and quicke tast. 161 1 Speed Theat. Gt. Bril.
xxiv._ (1614) 47/1 I'he very wines made thereof .. being little
inferior in sweet verdure to the French wines.
fi^. 1630 Donne Serm. (1640) 133 Every word in them [the
Scriptures) hath his waight and value, his taste and verdure. ,
fb. Sharpness, tartness, or unpleasantness of
taste. Obs.
In last quot. perh. only a contextual application of the
general sense of ' taste '
: see prec.
1508 Stanbridge Bulgaria (W. de W.) Bvb, This wyne
IS of verdure. Hoc viniim est acre, 1601 Holland Pliny
II. 152 The wines which by age and long keeping, lay
downe their verdure and become sweet. i6a6 Kr. Hall
Contempt., O. T. xxi. vi. 512 Something they must haue to
complaine of, that shall giue an vnsauory verdure to their
sweetest morsels.
t5. Smell; odour. K\sxi fig. Obs.
ijao Whitinton Vulg. (1527) 15 This wyne drynketh of a
good verdure {delicati odoris). 1(89 Greene Tullies Loue
Wks. (Grosart) VII. 165 Let lillies witlier on the stalke,
lUld wearc violets in thy hand, the one faire and vnsauorie,
the other blacke but of sweete verdure. 1594 R. QarewJ
Huarte's Exam, ints (1616) 309 What is the cause, that
the excrements of brute beasts haue not so vnpleasant a
verdure, as those of mankind? ifcl Holland P/iny I.
377 The good Baulme . . in smell . . should have an harsh
verdeur. /iid. 429 The Oile-oliue..hath of all other the
best verdure, and in tast excelleth the rest. 1716 M, Davies
At/ien. Brit. II. 351 The powerful Verdures of the foresaid
Allium, Cepa, &c.
6. fig. Fresh or flourishing condition.
c 1586 C'lEss Pembroke Psalms Lxxr. v. Do not then,
now age assaileth. Courage, verdure, vertue faileth. Do not
leave me cast away. 1591 Shaks. Two Gent. I. i. 49 Euen
50 by Loue, the yong and tender wit Is turn'd to folly,
blasting m the Bud, Loosing his verdure, euen in the prime.
1619 Donne Lett. (1651) 222 Whatsoever I should write now,
of any passages of these days, would lose their verdure
before the letter came to you. ai«64 Kath. Philips Poems
(1667) 44 In Youth she did attract (for she The Verdure
had without the Vanity). 167a Clarendon Contempt,
on Psalms Tracts (1727) 653 If he discontinues to give,
all his former bounties have lost their verdure, and wither
away. 1716 Pope Odyss. xix. 149 My lords protecting hand
alone would raise My drooping verdure, and extend my
praise 1754 H. Walpole Lett. (1846) III. 67, I am in no
tear of not finding you in perfect verdure. 1819 Lytton
Dtsowntd X, Those years make the prime and verdure of
our hves.
7. fig. Signs of gullibility ; -= Gbeen sb. 1 c.
1861 H. C. Pennell Pud on Pegasus 75 Perceiv'st thou
verdure in my e\-c ?
Verdurea (vs-jdiilid), ///. a. [f. prec. -h -ED.]
1 1. Of wine : Having a (specified) taste. Obs.
IS33 Elvot Cast. Hetthe III. xviii. (1541) 69 Moderate vse
of small wynes, clereand well verdured, is herein very commendablc.
1J48 Udall Erasmus Par, Luke vL 73 The
sower verdured wyne of the olde supersticion.
2. Clad with verdure or vegetation ; covered with
grass.
" ''^* \- •'*«'"'-'-• '^i^ 0/ Poetry (1894) 193 Lonely pleasure
leads To verdur'd banks, to paths adorn'd with
Bowers. 1798 W. Mavor Brit. Tourists V. 7r The terrific
ascent of St. Catherines . is well verdured. 1839 Arnold in
l.iU li Corr. (184.^) II. App. 398 There are two houses just
built by the roadside, and opposite to them a little patch of
ground just verdured. 1893 ScHiner's Mag. June 734/2
A peculiar valley., made up of palisades and verdured
plateaus.
Verdnreless (vS-idioiles), a. [f. Verdubk
+ -LESS.] Destitute of verdure ; lacking vegetation
; bare, bleak. (Freq. from c 1850.)
'^ *r°i" '" ^''^^"- l^'"?- XVI. 394 The bright-feather 'd
tribes of the sea . . bask on the verdureless brow of the deep.
»83i James Phil. Augustus xiv, My heart is like a branch
long broken from its stem, withered and verdureless, 1877
Dawson Grig. iVorld viii. 181 It was a world of bare,
rocky peaks, and verdureless valleys.
Verdurer, variant of Vebdebeu 2.
, The
; vear.
125
3. Of or pertaining to, characteristic of, verdure.
1810 Keats Ode to Nightingale iv. Through verdurous
glooms and winding mossy ways. 1851 Meredith London
by Lamplight xxiv, This night of deep solemnity. And verdurous
serenity. 1859 Neale Disciples at Emmans in
ieatoman P. (1864) 187 Every tinted leaf Opes its young
channel to the verdurous sap. 1883 Harper's Mag. July
166/1 Its verdurous hue is more noticeable than its elevation.
Hence Ve-rdnroasness.
1856 Lynch Zf«. to Scattered U^l^) 557 Many of thera
Isc. sermons] have an invigorating verdurousness, and are
like the wide green fields.
Verd(u)ytt, obs. variants of Verdict.
Verdjmggale, variant of Vardinoale Obs.
+ Vere, sb. Obs. Forms : a. 4-5 veir, 5 veyr,
Sc. weyr, 6 Sc. weir. fi. 4 veer(e, 5 weere, 6
y. 4-6 vere, 5 JV. were. See also Ver .r^ I
[a. OF. ver masc. or vere fern. :—L. ver Ver sb.^\
se.Tson of spring ; spring-time.
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''^''" Psalter\xx'ul i8 Pou madest alle \>e cuntres
>er^ : somer and veir, bou forinedest l>o Jiynges. c 1400
tr. Secreta Secret., Gov. Lordsh. 72 Veir bigynnes whenne
\K Sonne entres yn to ^e toknynge of \>T sap m tyme of vere. 1563 Jack Juggler (E.E.D.S.)
36, I never use to run away in winter or in vere.
Hence t Vere-tlme, spring-time. Obs.
138a WvcLlE Geti. XXXV. 16 He goon out thens, com in
veer tyme to the loond that ledith to EITratam. 13^ —
Ps. Ixxiii. 17 Thou madist alle the endis of erthe; somer
and veer tyme, thou fourmedist tho. 1483 Caxton Gold.
Leg. 48 b/i He wente thens and cam in veer tyme unto the
londe that goth to effratam.
t Vere, v. Obs.-^ [Of obscure origin.] trans.
To raise up ; to nplift.
13.. E. E.Altit. P. \. 254 That luel l)enne in gemmyz
gente, Vered vp her vyse with j-^en graye.
Vore, ME. var. Fere sb., FniK sb.; obs. f.
Very a. ; obs. Sc. var. \VARf4. ; obs. f. Wear v. :
Sc. f. Were (doubt) Obs.
Vereonnd (ve-r/kcnd), a. [ad. L. vericund-us
(whence obs. F. verecond (Cotgr.), It. verecondo,
Pg. verecundd), i. vereri to reverence, fear.]
Modest, bashful ; shy, coy.
VERGE.
Verdurous (vS-jdiilras), a. Also I 7-9 poet,
verd'rous. [f. Verdure -i- -ous.]
1. Of vegetation : Rich or abounding in verdure
flourishing thick and green.
1604 Drayton Moyses ii. 51 The loathsome Hemlock as
the verdurous Rose, I hese filthy Locusts equally deuow, e.
i6ia — Poty.olb, XV. 196 The sent-full Camomill, the verdurous
Costmary. 1708 J. Philips Cyder 1. 35 Where the
lowing Herd Chews verdrous Pasture, c 1750 Shenstone
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