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VERKEL.
an hede of verre Fro caste of stonys ware h>-m in the^werre.
a 1400-50 AUjcaii4iir43$i Make we na vcssall of virrc ne
of na dere siluir. 14.. Lvdg. Lt/e Vifxtit {MS. Antii].
Soc IJ4) fol. 14 (HaJliw.), In alle the erthe y-halowid ami
y-holdc. In a closet more clere than verre or glas. t" 1440
Promf. Parv. 50S. 2 Verre, glasse, vitruiit,
2. A vessel made of glass, esp. a drinking-vessel
a glass.
138a WvcLiF Prm. xxii!. 51 Ne beholde thou the win.
whan it floureth, whan shal shine in the verr ihe colour
of.it [1388 the colour therof schyneth in a ver]. c 1400
Maundev. (1839) iv. 3a It isalle fuUeof Uravclle,..of the
which Men maken fair Verres and clere. c 1410 Master 0/
Game (MS. Digby 182) xii, Putte it in )>e houndes t>rote lie
moununce of a verre full, a 1450 Knt. de la Tour 37 Slie .
Icpte upon the borde,. .and brake the verres, and spilt all
that there was on the borde. \^tAcc. Lit. High Treas.
Sci>tHi9oi)y^-75 For iiij verris with thair caceis, .. price
of the pece vj. s.
Verre, ME. var. Far a. and aJv. ; obs. i. Veuv.
Verrei;ily, etc., obs. ff. Very, Verily cuiv.
Ve'trel, si. 06s. exc. dia/. Forms : 5 verelle,
7 verrill, 8 verril, 8-9 verrel, 9 verel, verrsll.
[ad. OK. virtlle, virol (mod.F. virole) : see Fek-
BULE sb. and Vjrl rf.] A ferrule.
1483 Cath. Angl. 400/2 A verelle of a knyflfe, spirttla.
th' yron band or hoope that
1611 CoTGR., FretCy a Verrill ;
keeps a wooden toole from riutng, Ibid.^ Tourillon^ an
inner Verrill ; the roundplate of yron whereby a peece of
wood, often turned on, is presented from wearing. 1706
Phillips (ed. Kersey), Verrel or Verril-, a little Brass or
Iron-ring, at the small end of a Cane, or Handle of a Toot,
&c. 1773 Phil. Trans. LXIII, 418, I cover this part of the
tube with a brass verrel. 1807 Vancouver Agric. Devon
(1813) 120 On the upperend of this spar is fixed a stout ring
or verrelf. i8a8 Carr Craven Gloss., Verel, . .a small iron
hoop.
+ V e'rrel, v. 0/is.~^ In 5 virell, vyrell. [ad.
OF. virekr, viroler.'\ trans.
ferrule ; = Ferrule v.
To furnish with a
a 1450 Fisliing iv. Angle (1883) 8 pen virell \v.r. vyrell] J>e
staff wel at bothe endys with hopy[s] of yren.
Verrelay, obs. f. Virelat. Verrelle, -ly,
obs. ff. Vekily. Verreinent, var. Verament
adv. Verren, ME. var. Ferren adv. and a.
tVe'rrer. Obs.~^ In 5 verrour. [ad. AF.
verrcr{\yxi}, = OF. (and mod.F.) verrier (1265
in Godef.), f, verre Vebre.] A worker in glass ;
a glazier.
1415 in York lilyst. p. xxvi, Sellers, Verrours, Fuystours.
verret, dial. f. Ferret jA.i Verrey, obs. f.
Veby ; obs. Sc. f. Worry v. Verreyli, -liohe,
-ly, obs. ff. Verily adv. Verreyment, var.
Vebiment Obs. Verri, southern ME. var. Far
V. ; obs. f. Very a. and adv.
t Verri 'Cular, a. Obs.—^ [ad. mod.L. verri-
(uliiris, f. L. verrkitlum ^'EEBICULE.] Resembling
a net in form or construction (see qiiot.).
1706 Phillips (ed. Kersey), Verricular Titnick (in Anat.),
a Coat of the Eye, the same with Atnphiblestroides. [After
Blancants Phys. Diet. (1693).]
Verri'CUlate, a. Ent. [ad. mod.L. vcrricuUil-
us, f. L. verrkulum : see next.] (See quot.)
j8a6 KiRBV & Sp. Entotnol. IV. xlvi. 277 Verriculate,..
having one or more verricules.
VeTlicule. Eut. [ad. L. verruttl-um a dragnet,
seine, f. verr^re to sweep, etc] (See quot.)
i8a6 KiRBY & Sp. Entomol. IV. xlvi. 277 Verricnle,. .s.
thick-set tuft of parallel hairs.
Verrie, obs. form of Very.
t Verril, obs. variant oivervil Varvel.
ciMs God Speed the Plow 23 in Ro.-cb. Ball. (1S89) VI.
524 When the Hauk on his fist doth stand. His houd and
his verril's brave, and other things we have. Which yeelds !
joy to a Serving-man. !
Verrili, -ly, obs. ff. Verily adv. Verrlnus,
140
Verrucated, «. Conch. Also 8 veruccated.
[f. mod.L, verrftcdi-uSj f. L. verruca Vekkuca +
-EU 1.]
growths.
Having or covered with verrucic or warty
a 1728 Woodward Fossils (1729) I. 11. 33 This small Shell
lias Stripes of brown, very thick, running parallel with the
Volute. . . Two
veruccated. 1819 Samouelle Entomol.
Compemi, 88 Verrucated shell [of a crab].
Vermel-, combining form, on L. models, of
].. verruca Vkrkuca, occurring in a few terms in
Bio!, and Bot.^ as Verraci'ferons a., of a zoophyte
: bearing verruca,"; Verru'ciform «., wartshaped.
VetTucxform adj. (= prec.) occurs in Henslow Diet. Bot.
Tcriits (1856J s.v.
1833 Hooker in Smith Eng. FioraW. i. \yz Apothecia
verruciform. 1B46 Dana Zooph. (1848) 506 Corallum with
deep immersed cells, interstices verruciferous, verrucie convex.
Ibid. 525 Summit branchlets verruciform.
VerruCOSe (ver«kJu*s), a. [ad. L. verrucosus,
f. verruca \'erkuca.]
1. Covered or furnished with, full of, verrucrc or
wart-like excrescences or growths. Now A^«/. Hist.
and Path,
x686 Plot Staffordsh. 181 A verrucose stone found near
a petrifying Spring. 1721 Bailey, Ferrucose, Full of
Warts. 1826 KiHUY & Sp. E/ttof/wt. IV. xlvi. 273 Verrucose,
.. bavins; several verruca. 1828 Stahk Elcni. Nat, Hist.
II. 68 Tritonia Hombergii. . . Body oblong, subtetragonous,
\errucose above. 1846 Dana Zooplt. (1848) 527 Branches
rather stout, ..verrucose. 1883 Le Conte & G. H. Horn
Classif. Coleoptera N. Amer. 242 Head roughly granulate,
orverrucose. x^^AUbuifs Syst. Med. VIII. 816 The skin
is covered by epicfermis, in some parts thin and delicate, in
others thick, horny, and verrucose.
Jig. 1823 Biackw. Mag. XIV. 311 What designation could
be more apt to mark the scurvy, verrucose, uneven,.. and
repulsive style of this man ?
2. Bot. Studded with small warty swellings or
protuberances ; tubercular.
i8oz R. Hall Did. Bot. Terms 194 Verrucose,. .wsaty.
x82i W. P. C. Barton Flora N. Amer. I. 79 Seeds numerous,
small, ova!, verrucose, yellowish. 1874 Cooke Fungi 77
The sporidia in many cases are large, reticulated, echinulate
or verrucose, and mostly somewhat globose. 1887 W.
Phillips Brit. Discoviycetcs 292 The verrucose epispore
distinguishes this from its congeners.
Hence Vermco'seness, * fulness of warts '.
1727 Eailkv (vol. II).
VerrnCOUS (ver/rkss), a. [ad.lj.verrucos-us,
f. verruca Verruca : cf. prec. So OF. vcrrucueux
veruqueuXj mod.F, verruqueux, -euse.]
1. — Verrucose a. r and 2. rare,
1656 Blount Glossogr. (following Cooper), Verrucous, full
of warts, hillocks or knaps. 1658 Phillips, Verrucous,
full of warts or little excrescences of the flesh. (Similarly
in Chambers Cyci. (1728).] 1828-32 Webstkr s.v., A verrucous
capsule.
2. path. Of the nature of a wart or warts ;
characterized by the formation of warts.
1728 Chambers Cycl. s.v. Verruca, Verrucous is applied
to any E.vcresceiicies which have a resemblance to Warts.
184^52 Todds C^ci. Anat. IV. 11. 1262/^2 The urethra is
sometimes occupied by verrucous vegetations, the result of
gonorrhoea. 1876 Duhring Dis. Skin 165 In thickened,.,
localized patches of eczema a peculiar warty, verrucous
condition at times shows itself. 1900 Hutchinson's Arch.
Surg. XI. 223 They are of the kind known as the Verrucous
nsevus.
Vermcnlose (ver«ki«l^u's), a. [ad. mod.L.
verruculoS'Us yi. L. verrucula, dim. oiverrUca Verruca.]
Covered with small verrucas or warts.
1846 X^MiK Zooph. (1848) 656 A series of granules.. range
along each side of the medial space, as if the surface were
minutely verruculose. 1866 Treas. Bot. 121 1/2.
II Verruga
(ver«-ga). Path. [Sp. (also Pg.
and Prov.) verruga wart :— L. verruca Verruca.]
A febrile disease endemic in Peru and character-
var. Verinas Obs. Verritie, obs. Sc. f. Verity. ! ized by warty eruptions or tumours on the skin
Verrore, southern ME. var./ar?-f>- Far a. Ver- Peruvian wart. Also in pi. verrugas.
j
rour, var. Vbrreb Obs. ; var. werrour Warreh. \a 1883 V\CGK Princ. \
ON Gen. Counting-ho. 3 It may be known
..by any person versant in accounts, what sums are due.
1777 Boswell in Johnson 18 Sept., 'I'hat is owing to his
bemg so much versant in old English poetry. 1789 Phil.
Trans. LXXIX. 107 Wfaoisperfectly versant in the method
of breeding the insect. 1805 T. Harral Scenes of Life 11.
113 This gentleman.. was completely versant in the grammatical
niceties. .of the language. 1842 Syd. Smith Wks.
(1850) 669 These excellent directors, versant in wood and
metal. 1870 Burton /^n/. ^V(J^ lxxii.(i873) VI. 312 Persoub
versant in the history of Scotland.
b. Conversant, familiar, or intimately acquainted
ivil/i a subject or person.
1787 J. Howie in Refortuation Princ. Re-exhib., etc. 151
The Author,, .being mostly versant with country-people,
labours to speak and write in the vulgar dialect. 1822 Syd.
Smith U'ks. (1850) 351 A man not ver.sant with courts of
justice will not believe it. 1S31& Eraser's Mag. XIII. 289
Mr, Puff, .bad become versant with all the private affairs of
all the boroughs. 1877 ' H. A. Page ' De Quincey II. xvj. 30
A shepherd, .who was versant with all the approaching
changes of the weather,
3. Conch. Turning or curling over.
1839 Penny Cyd. XIV. 321/1 Family Columellida:... Shell
without a canal, but having the base of its aperture notched
or versant, and the whorls of the spire large.