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Chapter L: B. vernachia, vernac-ia, O. Fr. garnache, id

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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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