Chapter L: B. vernachia, vernac-ia, O. Fr. garnache, id
VERRAYMENT, _s._ Truth.
V. ~Werrayment~.
VERT, WERT, _s._ A term used in old charters, to signify a right to cut green wood.
_Chart. Q. Anne._
Fr. _verd_, Lat _virid-is_.
VERTUE, _s._ Thrift, industry, S.
~Vertuous~, _adj._ Thrifty, industrious, S.
_Ramsay._
_To_ VESIE, VISIE, VISYE, WESY, WISIE, _v. a._
1. To visit.
_Douglas._
2. To examine accurately, S.
_Gawan and Gol._
3. To send good or evil judicially.
_Wallace._
4. To take aim, to mark, S.
Fr. _viser_, id. Lat. _vis-o_, to visit; also, to survey.
VETIT, _adj._ Forbidden; Lat. _vetit-us_.
_S. P. Repr._
VEUG, _s._ Amorous.
_Houlate._
A. S. _fog_, conjunctio; whence _fogere_, a wooer.
_To_ UG, _v. a._ To feel abhorrence at, S.
_Ramsay._
~Ugertfow~, _adj._ Nice, squeamish.
V. ~Ogertful~.
~Ugsum~, ~Ougsum~, _adj._
1. Frightful.
_Doug._
2. Exciting abhorrence.
_Wyntown._
~Ugsumnes~, _s._ Frightfulness, horror.
_Doug._
VICTUAL, _s._ Grain of any kind, S.
_Stat. Acc._
~Victualler~, _s._ A corn-factor, S.
VIER, VYER, _s._ One who _vies_ with.
_Watson._
VIFELIE, _adv._ In a lively manner.
_A. Hume._
VYIS, YYSS, _adj._ Wise.
_Henrysone._
VYLAUS, _adj._ Perh. deceitful, q. _wilous_.
_Wyntown._
VYLD, _adj._ Vile, S.
_Burel._
VYLT, _s._ Apparently, vault.
_Monroe._
_To_ VIOLENT, _v. a._ To do violence to.
Fr. _violent-er_, id.
_Fleming._
VIOLER, _s._ One who plays on the fiddle or violin, S.
O. Fr.
VIRE, _s._ The arrow called a _quarrel_, used only for the crossbow.
Fr. _vire_, id.
V. ~Wyr~.
_Douglas._
VYREENIN, _part. pr._ Veering, turning or winding about.
Fr. _vironnant_, id.
_N. Burne._
VIRIDEER, _s._ The keeper of the grass or green wood in a forest.
_For. Lawes._
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