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four f«J. . There .re .6 fp<cie., ooly Ooe of
t.hcm, viz . lhe officinah" or vcrvain, a nauve of Bri·
tain.
VERBERATI0N, io phyr."" a ,erm ofed 'o exprcf. ,he
c~ufc .of found. which atire! (rom a Tcrberation of lhe
air, when Ilruck in di.,ers manners by ,he fcveral paru
of (he (anorous body fidl pUl into a v,bratory matian.
VE,RBESINA, io botaoy, a Ihe fyoccneG. poly.
g.unia fnpertlua ciar" Thc reccptacle is palcaccous; lile
p"ppus is furn iOlcd wirh an awn; .he calix is doublc ;
and it has about five flofcul es in (he radius. There are
13 fpeci cs, nane of them naliTes of Brluin .
VERD, or CAlIE_V IRD, a promontory of Africa, forty
milcs.oonh wcfi of (be mouth of lhe nver Gambia: W .
long . • 8~, N . l... '5°.
Thcre are a number of inands in lhe Atlantic ocean,
c.Jled Cape.Verd ifiands, from ,heir beiog fi,ua,ed off
thit cape.
VERDICREASE, a kiod of run of copper, much ufed
by painters as a grecn coleur.
VerdigreaCe i. properly 00 o,her ,h.n eopper diffolved
by a mqd '2cid ioto the form of ao a!rugo. or [uCt.
This run of eopper is rarely ufed io ; nor ough,
it, unlcrs in the mofl: derperate cafe, where infhntaneous
vomiting is necdfarY. Ex{ernally it is much ured as a
det~rt;eDt or ddiccative: il tan off fungous flefh in uJ·
cers. and, mixed with hooey, is ufed iD aphth2; aod ulee–
ratioos of lhe mouth .
VERDICT, is ,he aofwer of ,he jury giveo 'o ,he court,
concerning the "!1auer of faft, in'any cafe civil or crimi–
nal, committcd by lhe court to thcir tria.! aDd examina–
tion.
VERD! fER, or VEODETER, a kind of mioeral fubtlance,
!ometimes ufcd by lhe paintcrs, 6~. for a bluf!; bUI
more uCuatly mixed with a yellow for a greco colour.
VERDOY, in heraldry, deno,es a bordure of a coa! of
arms, charged with aoy kinds or pares of :ftowers, fruin,
f«d., piaD..: &c.
VERGETTE, io heraldry, deoo,e, a paUe" or fmaJl pale;
and heoee, a fhield dividcd by fueh p.J1C1\ i. ,ermed
vcrgeue. Sec PALIL
VER!flCATION, iD general, i••he aa of proyiog a
'hing; bu, . mong ,he Fr~nch, i, ooly ftgoi6es ,he record·
ing o( Ihe king's ediéts by the parliament.
VERJlJICE, a liquor 'obtained from grapes or opple., un·
{ir for wine or cydcr; or from Cwec.t ones, whilH )'el acid
and unrípe. In chicf ufe is in fauces. ragouts, ec.
though it i. al[o 3n ingredient in fome medicinal campo·
li,ioos, aod i. uled by ,he wax-chandlers 'o purify ,
\!Iax.
VERMICELL!, a compofi,ioD of aour, ehoere, yolks of
eg,;5, fugar, and (.. frron, reduced to a patlc, and (orrned
inlo long {l~ndcr pieces like worms, by forcing ít with &
pitloo ,hrough a nUOlber of liule holes.
It W3S 6rtt brought frofU Iraly, where it ¡s in grear
vague: it is chicfty ufed in foups and ponages, la provoke
...encry. 6e.
VERMI ClJ LAR. ao epi,he, giveo 'o aoy ' hiog ,hat bea"
a rd~l ion or rcfcmblancc to ",orms .
VERMIFORMIS, io aoatomy, a 'erm 'p"l;ed 'o ..rious
pdrlS in the humAn body. bC.lring (ome: refcmblance la
\Yorms .
VEIL,UL!O~, a very bri , h, aad beau,if.1 red eolour,
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in great encem amang the ancitnts, under the name of
minium. There are tWO kind, of it, the one Iu.tural
che other faéti, ious. The natural is {ound in fome filve;
miots, in tbe form of a ruddy fand, which i~ afctfward.
prepared and purihed by ftYcral lolÍon. and coElionl.
The artIfiCIal is malle of mineral donabar. grouDd Uf
wllh aqua_vitz and uri,ne. and a(,erwards dried.
lt is airo mAde of1<ad burpt and wal'hed, or of ceruf.
prepared by tire: bOl this ¡s Dot properly called ycrmilioD.
but minium, or red·lead.
VERMIN, a coJleéli.e name ioeludiog all kind. of linle
animala, or ¡nCdls, which are hurtful or troublerome lO
men, beafl., fruiu, ec. as worms, lice, l1eas, caterpil–
lars, ants, lIies. 6c.
VERNACULAR, i. applied.o aay ,hiog ,ha! i. peculiar
to fome oue country.
VERNAL, fomelhlog beJoogiog 'o ,h. fpring fe,CoD.
VéRONA, a ci,y of 1"ly, iD ,he ..rri,ory ofVeoiee, el'
pital of ,he Veroncfe, ú,uated 00 ,be Adlg<: E. IODe. 11 °
I S', N . I~t. 4S o 'Jo'.
VERONICA, io bo,any, a geous of ,be di.odr;. mooogyoi.
eI.C,. Thc coroJlai;rotilited, and confin, of four fegmtntl.
,he lowetl ooe beiog lef. ,hao aJl ,he retl; aod ,he cap.
fule hu ,wo ecllo. There are 34 fp<cie. , J 3 o( .he",
na(ives of .
VERSAILLES', a 'own of Fraate, iD ,b~ proyioee of ,he
illt! of Fraoce, fituaud miles weft of París, where
Ihods one of 'Re moll ciegan, and magoi6ccnt palaces in
,he world, buil. by Lewi. XIV.
VERSE, in poetry, a lioe or par, of a difcourfe, co.Gllio!:
of a number of loog aod /hon fyUable., which ruo wi,b
ao 'agreeabJe cadence, the Jike bei~ alfo rcitcrated iD the
,he picee.
VERSE, is alCo uCed for a part ora cb3pter. fcétion, or pa–
ragraph, fubdivided io,o feveral Jiule ."iel...
VERSIF~CATI0N, ,he art or maDDer of lI'Iakio¡ verfe;
alfo ,he 'uoe a.d codeoce oCverfe.
Verfifica,ion i. properly applied 'o what ,he poe, doca
more by labour, art, and rule, thao by invcntaoa .
VERSION, a tranflation of fome btlok or wrili.g, out of
one languagc ioto another.
VERT, i. h~raldry, ,he 'erm for a greco eolour. Jt i.
called vert in (he blazon of the coats of all under the de·
Irec of noblcs ; but io coa\s of cobility, il is called eme·
raid; and in thoCe of Itt(l&S, veous. In cn&raying, jI i,
IxprefI"ed by diagonah, or liDes diawn athwart fram righl
to left, from (he dexter chief corner lo lhe fiDiHer b¡Jc,
as reprefen,ed iD PI" e CXLVll. 6g. 23.
VERTEBR./E, io aoatomy. See ANATOMY, p. 166.
VERTEX, in aOa!omy. deoo,es ,he crown of ,he boad.
Hencc verttX is alCo ufed 6gurativcly, for the top of
otber lhings: thus, lhe .ertex of a cooe, pyramid, (:¡c.
is ,he .op of any ooe of ,heCe figures.
V[R T E X ¡s airo ·uCed io aHrooom,., for the poiot of hea–
yeo perpendieul.rly oyer our properly called ,he
zenith .
VERTIC!LLATE PLANT!. See p.637'
VERTICITY, is ,h.. property of ,heloadllonc, wbereby
it tarns, or direéls itielf lO fome peculiar point.
V ETIGO. IDmedicine. See Moo, e l••. p. '46.
V I:.R V,\lN. iD botaoy. Sce V.... N• .
VERlJ·MONTANlJM, in aOllomy. Sce A"ATONv,
p. 273·
VESICA,