Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter V - Page 11
Ventro-inguinal (a.) (Anat.) Pertaining both to the abdomen and groin, or to the abdomen and inguinal canal; as, ventro-inguinal hernia.
Ventura County (n.) 文圖拉縣（Ventura County）是美國加利福尼亞州的一個縣，縣治文圖拉。根據美國人口調查局2000年統計，共有人口753,197，其中白人占69.93%、亞裔美國人占5.35%、非裔美國人占1.95%。 Is a county in the southern part of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2010 census, the population was 823,318. [3] The county seat is Ventura. [5] Ventura County comprises the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA Combined Statistical Area. It is also considered the southernmost county along the California Central Coast. [6]
Venture (v. t.) 使冒險；冒……之險；拿……冒險；以……作賭注 [（+on）]；機大膽提出（或說出）；敢於 [+to-v] [+that] To expose to hazard; to risk; to hazard; as, to venture one's person in a balloon.
I am afraid; and yet I'll venture it. -- Shak.
Venture (v. t.) To put or send on a venture or chance; as, to venture a horse to the West Indies.
Venture (v. t.) To confide in; to rely on; to trust. [R.]
A man would be well enough pleased to buy silks of one whom he would not venture to feel his pulse. -- Addison.
Venture (v. i.) 冒險前進，冒險行事； 猜測（常與at連用） To hazard one's self; to have the courage or presumption to do, undertake, or say something; to dare. -- Bunyan.
Venture (v. i.) To make a venture; to run a hazard or risk; to take the chances.
Who freights a ship to venture on the seas. -- J. Dryden, Jr.
To venture at, or To venture on or To venture upon, To dare to engage in; to attempt without any certainty of success; as, it is rash to venture upon such a project.
"When I venture at the comic style." -- Waller.
Venture (n.) [C] 冒險；冒險事業，投機活動；投機活動；企業 An undertaking of chance or danger; the risking of something upon an event which can not be foreseen with certainty; a hazard; a risk; a speculation.
I, in this venture, double gains pursue. -- Dryden.
Venture (n.) An event that is not, or can not be, foreseen; an accident; chance; hap; contingency; luck.
Venture (n.) The thing put to hazard; a stake; a risk; especially, something sent to sea in trade.
My ventures are not in one bottom trusted. -- Shak.
At a venture, At hazard; without seeing the end or mark; without foreseeing the issue; at random.
A certain man drew a bow at a venture. -- 1 Kings xxii. 34.
A bargain at a venture made. -- Hudibras.
Note: The phrase at a venture was originally at aventure, that is, at adventure.
Venture (n.) Any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome.
Venture (n.) An investment that is very risky but could yield great profits; "he knew the stock was a speculation when he bought it" [syn: speculation, venture].
Venture (n.) A commercial undertaking that risks a loss but promises a Profit.
Venture (v.) Proceed somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers; "We ventured into the world of high-tech and bought a supercomputer" [syn: venture, embark].
Venture (v.) Put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation; "I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again"; "I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong" [syn: guess, venture, pretend, hazard].
Venture (v.) Put at risk; "I will stake my good reputation for this" [syn: venture, hazard, adventure, stake, jeopardize].
Ventured (imp. & p. p.) of Venture.
Venturing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Venture.
Venturer (n.) 冒險者 One who ventures, or puts to hazard; an adventurer. -- Beau. & Fl.
Venturer (n.) A strumpet; a prostitute. [R.] -- J. Webster (1607).
Venturer (n.) A merchant who undertakes a trading venture (especially a venture that sends goods overseas) [syn: venturer, merchant-venturer].
Venturer (n.) A person who enjoys taking risks [syn: adventurer, venturer].
Venturesome (a.) 冒險的；投機的；危險的；喜歡冒險的；莽撞的 Inclined to venture; not loth to run risk or danger; venturous; bold; daring; adventurous; as, a venturesome boy or act. -- Ven"ture*some*ly, adv. -- Ven"ture*some*ness, n.
Venturesome (a.) Disposed to venture or take risks; "audacious visions of the total conquest of space"; "an audacious interpretation of two Jacobean dramas"; "the most daring of contemporary fiction writers"; "a venturesome investor"; "a venturous spirit" [syn: audacious, daring, venturesome, venturous].
Venturesome (a.) (Formal) 愛冒險的；冒險的，有風險的 Used to describe a person who is willing to take risks, or an action or behaviour that involves risks.
// He has become more venturesome this season with dress designs that incorporate a variety of ethnic influences.
Venturine (n.) (Japanning) Gold powder for covering varnished surfaces.
Venturous (n.) Daring; bold; hardy; fearless; venturesome; adveturous; as, a venturous soldier. -- Spenser.
This said, he paused not, but with venturous arm He plucked, he tasted. -- Milton. -- Ven"tur*ous*ly, adv. -- Ven"tur*ous*ness, n.
Venturous (a.) Disposed to venture or take risks; "audacious visions of the total conquest of space"; "an audacious interpretation of two Jacobean dramas"; "the most daring of contemporary fiction writers"; "a venturesome investor"; "a venturous spirit" [syn: audacious, daring, venturesome, venturous].
Ventouse (n.) [F.] A cupping glass. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Ventuse (v. t. & i.) See Ventouse. [Obs.]
Ventouse (v. t. & i.) To cup; to use a cupping glass. [Obs.] [Written also ventuse.] -- Chaucer.
Ventouse (n.) (Medical) [UK] (Specialized) [C] （胎兒）真空吸出器 A device shaped like a cup, used to help a baby be born by putting it over the baby’s head and using suction (= removing air) to pull the baby out of the mother’s body.
// As the baby’s heart rate began to drop, my obstetrician had to use a ventouse to suck him out.
Venue (n.) (Law) 犯罪地點，審判地，管轄地，集合地點 A neighborhood or near place; the place or county in which anything is alleged to have happened; also, the place where an action is laid.
The twelve men who are to try the cause must be of the same venue where the demand is made. -- Blackstone.
Note: In certain cases, the court has power to change the venue, which is to direct the trial to be had in a different county from that where the venue is laid.
Venue (n.) A bout; a hit; a turn. See Venew. [R.]
To lay a venue (Law), To allege a place.
Venue (n.) The scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting) [syn: {venue}, {locale}, {locus}].
Venue (n.) In law: the jurisdiction where a trial will be held.
Venue, () pleading. The venue is the county from which the jury are to come, who are to try the issue. Gould, Pl. c. 3, Sec. 102; Archb. Civ. Pl. 86.
Venue, () As it is a general rule, that the place of every traversable fact stated in the pleadings must be distinctly alleged, or at least that some certain place must be alleged for every such fact, it follows that a venue must be stated in every declaration.
Venue, () In local actions, in which the subject or thing to be recovered is local, the true venue must be laid; that is, the action must be brought in that county where the cause of action arose: among these are all real actions, and actions which arise out of some local subject, or the violation of some local rights or interest; as the common law action of waste, trespass quare clausum fregit, trespass for nuisances to houses or lands disturbance of right of way, obstruction or diversion of ancient water courses, &c. Com. Dig. Action, N 4; Bac. Abr. Actions Local, A a.
Venue, () In a transitory action, the plaintiff may lay the venue in any county he pleases; that is, he may bring suit wherever he may find the defendant and lay his cause of action to have arisen there even though the cause of action arose in a foreign jurisdiction. Cowp. 161; Cro. Car. 444; 9 Johns. R. 67; Steph. Pl. 306; 1 Chitty, Pl. 273; Archb. Civ. Pl. 86. Vide, generally, Chit. Pl. Index, h.t.; Steph. Pl. Index, h.t.; Tidd's Pr. Index, h.t.; Graham's Practice, Index, h.t.; Com. Dig. Abatement, H 13; Id. Action, N 13; Id. Amendment, H 1 Id. Pleader, S 9; 21 Vin. Ab. 85 to 169 1 Vern. 178; Yelv. 12 a; Bac. Ab. Actions, Local and Transitory, B; Local Actions; Transitory Actions.
Venule (n.) A small vein; a veinlet; specifically.
Venule (n.) (Zool.), One of the small branches of the veins of the wings in insects.
Venule (n.) A minute vein continuous with a capillary [syn: venule, venula, capillary vein].
Venulose (a.) Full of venules, or small veins.
Venus (n.) (Class. Myth.) The goddess of beauty and love, that is, beauty or love deified.
Venus (n.) (Anat.) One of the planets, the second in order from the sun, its orbit lying between that of Mercury and that of the Earth, at a mean distance from the sun of about 67,000,000 miles. Its diameter is 7,700 miles, and its sidereal period 224.7 days. As the morning star, it was called by the ancients Lucifer; as the evening star, Hesperus.
Venus (n.) (Alchem.) The metal copper; -- probably so designated from the ancient use of the metal in making mirrors, a mirror being still the astronomical symbol of the planet Venus. [Archaic]
Venus (n.) (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of marine bivalve shells of the genus Venus or family Veneridae. Many of these shells are large, and ornamented with beautiful frills; others are smooth, glossy, and handsomely colored. Some of the larger species, as the round clam, or quahog, are valued for food.
Venus's basin (Bot.), The wild teasel; -- so called because the connate leaf bases form a kind of receptacle for water, which was formerly gathered for use in the toilet. Also called Venus's bath.
Venus's basket (Zool.), An elegant, cornucopia-shaped, hexactinellid sponge ({Euplectella speciosa) native of the East Indies. It consists of glassy, transparent, siliceous fibers interwoven and soldered together so as to form a firm network, and has long, slender, divergent anchoring fibers at the base by means of which it stands erect in the soft mud at the bottom of the sea. Called also Venus's flower basket, and Venus's purse.
Venus's comb. (Bot.) Same as Lady's comb. Murex+({Murex+tenuispinus">
Venus's comb. (Zool.) A species of Murex ({Murex tenuispinus).
It has a long, tubular canal, with a row of long, slender spines along both of its borders, and rows of similar spines covering the body of the shell. Called also Venus's shell.
Venus's fan (Zool.), A common reticulated, fanshaped gorgonia ({Gorgonia flabellum) native of Florida and the West Indies. When fresh the color is purple or yellow, or a mixture of the two.
Venus's flytrap. (Bot.) See Flytrap, 2.
Venus's girdle (Zool.), A long, flat, ribbonlike, very delicate, transparent and iridescent ctenophore ({Cestum Veneris) which swims in the open sea. Its form is due to the enormous development of two spheromeres.
See Illust. in Appendix.
Venus's hair (Bot.), A delicate and graceful fern ({Adiantum Capillus-Veneris) having a slender, black and shining stem and branches.
Venus's hair stone (Min.), Quartz penetrated by acicular crystals of rutile.
Venus's looking-glass (Bot.), An annual plant of the genus Specularia allied to the bellflower; -- also called lady's looking-glass.
Venus's navelwort (Bot.), Any one of several species of Omphalodes, low boraginaceous herbs with small blue or white flowers.
Venus's pride (Bot.), An old name for Quaker ladies. See under Quaker.
Venus's purse. (Zool.) Same as Venus's basket, above.
Venus's shell. (Zool.) Any species of Cypraea; a cowrie.
Venus's shell. (Zool.) Same as Venus's comb, above.
Venus's shell. (Zool.) Same as Venus, 4.
Venus's slipper. (Bot.) Any plant of the genus Cypripedium. See Lady's slipper.
Venus's slipper. (Zool.) Any heteropod shell of the genus Carinaria. See Carinaria.
Venus (n.) The second nearest planet to the sun; it is peculiar in that its rotation is slow and retrograde (in the opposite sense of the Earth and all other planets except Uranus); it is visible from Earth as an early `morning star' or an `evening star'; "before it was known that they were the same object the evening star was called Venus and the morning star was called Lucifer"
Venus (n.) Goddess of love; counterpart of Greek Aphrodite [syn: Venus, Urania].
Venus (n.) Type genus of the family Veneridae: genus of edible clams with thick oval shells [syn: Venus, genus Venus].
Venus, TX -- U.S. town in Texas
Population (2000): 910
Housing Units (2000): 344
Land area (2000): 2.282783 sq. miles (5.912381 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2.282783 sq. miles (5.912381 sq. km)
FIPS code: 75236
Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location: 32.429383 N, 97.107022 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 76084
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Venus, TX
Venus
Venust (a.) Beautiful. [R.] -- E. Waterhouse.
Veracious (a.) Observant of truth; habitually speaking truth; truthful; as, veracious historian.
The Spirit is most perfectly and absolutely veracious. -- Barrow.
Veracious (a.) Characterized by truth; not false; as, a veracious account or narrative.
The young, ardent soul that enters on this world with heroic purpose, with veracious insight, will find it a mad one. -- Carlyle.
Veracious (a.) Habitually speaking the truth; "a veracious witness".
Veracious (a.) Precisely accurate; "a veracious account" [syn: veracious, right].
Veraciously (adv.) In a veracious manner.
Veracity (n.) The quality or state of being veracious; habitual observance of truth; truthfulness; truth; as, a man of veracity.
Veracity (n.) Unwillingness to tell lies [ant: mendacity].
Veranda (n.) An open, roofed gallery or portico, adjoining a dwelling house, forming an out-of-door sitting room. See Loggia.
The house was of adobe, low, with a wide veranda on the three sides of the inner court. -- Mrs. H. H. Jackson.
Veranda (n.) A porch along the outside of a building (sometimes partly enclosed) [syn: veranda, verandah, gallery].
Veratralbine (n.) (Chem.) A yellowish amorphous alkaloid extracted from the rootstock of Veratrum album.
Veratrate (n.) (Chem.) A salt of veratric acid.
Veratria (n.) [NL.] (Chem.) Veratrine.
Veratric (a.) (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, plants of the genus Veratrum.
Veratric acid (Chem.), An acid occurring, together with veratrine, in the root of white hellebore ({Veratrum album), and in sabadilla seed; -- extracted as a white crystalline substance which is related to protocatechuic acid.
Veratrina (n.) [NL.] (Chem.) Same as Veratrine.
Veratrine (n.) (Chem.) A poisonous alkaloid obtained from the root hellebore (Veratrum) and from sabadilla seeds as a white crystalline powder, having an acrid, burning taste. It is sometimes used externally, as in ointments, in the local treatment of neuralgia and rheumatism. Called also veratria, and veratrina.
Veratrol (n.) (Chem.) A liquid hydrocarbon obtained by the decomposition of veratric acid, and constituting the dimethyl ether of pyrocatechin.
Veratrum (n.) (BoT.) A genus of coarse liliaceous herbs having very poisonous qualities.
Note: Veratrum album of Europe, and Veratrum viride of America, are both called hellebore. They grow in wet land, have large, elliptical, plicate leaves in three vertical ranks, and bear panicles of greenish flowers.
Veratrum (n.) A genus of coarse poisonous perennial herbs; sometimes placed in subfamily Melanthiaceae [syn: Veratrum, genus Veratrum].
Verb (n.) A word; a vocable. [Obs.] -- South.
Verb (n.) (Gram.) A word which affirms or predicates something of some person or thing; a part of speech expressing being, action, or the suffering of action.
Note: A verb is a word whereby the chief action of the mind [the assertion or the denial of a proposition] finds expression. -- Earle.
Active verb, Auxiliary verb, Neuter verb, etc. See Active, Auxiliary, Neuter, etc.
Verb (n.) The word class that serves as the predicate of a sentence.
Verb (n.) A content word that denotes an action, occurrence, or state of existence.
Verbal (a.) [Z] 言辭上的；言語的，字句的；口頭的，非書面的；逐字的，照字面的 Expressed in words, whether spoken or written, but commonly in spoken words; hence, spoken; oral; not written; as, a verbal contract; verbal testimony.
Made she no verbal question? -- Shak.
We subjoin an engraving . . . which will give the reader a far better notion of the structure than any verbal description could convey to the mind.
Verbal (a.) Consisting in, or having to do with, words only; dealing with words rather than with the ideas intended to be conveyed; as, a verbal critic; a verbal change.
And loses, though but verbal, his reward. -- Milton.
Mere verbal refinements, instead of substantial knowledge. -- Whewell.
Verbal (a.) Having word answering to word; word for word; literal; as, a verbal translation.
Verbal (a.) Abounding with words; verbose. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Verbal (a.) (Gram.) Of or pertaining to a verb; as, a verbal group; derived directly from a verb; as, a verbal noun; used in forming verbs; as, a verbal prefix.
Verbal inspiration. See under Inspiration.
Verbal noun (Gram.) 【語】準動詞，動詞的非謂語形式（指不定式、分詞和動名詞）[C] A noun derived directly from a verb or verb stem; a verbal. The term is specifically applied to infinitives, and nouns ending in -ing, esp. to the latter. See Gerund, and -ing, 2. See also, Infinitive mood, under Infinitive.
Verbal (n.) (Gram.) A noun derived from a verb.
Verbal (a.) Communicated in the form of words; "verbal imagery"; "a verbal protest".
Verbal (a.) Of or relating to or formed from words in general; "verba ability".
Verbal (a.) Of or relating to or formed from a verb; "verbal adjectives like `running' in `hot and cold running water'".
Verbal (a.) Relating to or having facility in the use of words; "a good poet is a verbal artist"; "a merely verbal writer who sacrifices content to sound"; "verbal aptitude" [ant: mathematical, numerical].
Verbal (a.) Expressed in spoken words; "a verbal contract".
Verbal (a.) Prolix; "you put me to forget a lady's manners by being so verbal"- Shakespeare.
Verbal, () Parol; by word of mouth; as verbal agreement; verbal evidence. Not in writing.
Verbalism (n.) 言語表達；冗詞；咬文嚼字 Something expressed verbally; a verbal remark or expression.
Verbalism (n.) The communication (in speech or writing) of your beliefs or opinions; "expressions of good will"; "he helped me find verbal expression for my ideas"; "the idea was immediate but the verbalism took hours" [syn: expression, verbal expression, verbalism].
Verbalism (n.) Overabundance of words [syn: verbiage, verbalism].
Verbalist (n.) 善用詞藻者；咬文嚼字者 A literal adherent to, or a minute critic of, words; a literalist.
Verbality (n.) 冗詞；言詞表達；動詞的特性 The quality or state of being verbal; mere words; bare literal expression. [R.] "More verbality than matter." -- Bp. Hall.
Verbalization (n.) 以言語表現；冗長；變成動詞 The act of verbalizing, or the state of being verbalized.
Verbalization (n.) The words that are spoken in the activity of verbalization [syn: verbalization, verbalisation].
Verbalization (n.) The activity of expressing something in words [syn: verbalization, verbalisation].
Verbalized (imp. & p. p.) of Verbalize.
Verbalizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Verbalize.
Verbalize (v. t.) 以言語表述；嘮叨；（使）變成動詞 To convert into a verb; to verbify.
Verbalize (v. t.) To express in words.
Verbalize (v. i.) To be verbose.
Verbalize (v.) Be verbose; "This lawyer verbalizes and is rather tedious" [syn: verbalize, verbalise].
Verbalize (v.) Express in speech; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize" [syn: talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise].
Verbalize (v.) Articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise; "She expressed her anger"; "He uttered a curse" [syn: express, verbalize, verbalise, utter, give tongue to].
Verbalize (v.) Convert into a verb; "many English nouns have become verbalized" [syn: verbalize, verbalise].
Verbally (adv.) In a verbal manner; orally.
Verbally (adv.) Word for word; verbatim. -- Dryden.
Verbally (adv.) As a verb; "he had a habit of using nouns verbally".
Verbally (adv.) By means of language; "verbally expressive".
Verbarian (a.) Of or pertaining to words; verbal. [R.] -- Coleridge.
Verbarian (n.) One who coins words ; a neologist. [R.]
Southey gives himself free scope as a verbarian. -- Fitzed. Hall.
Verbarium (n.) A game in word making. See Logomachy, 2.
Verbatim (adv.) 逐字的（地） Word for word; in the same words; verbally; as, to tell a story verbatim as another has related it.
{Verbatim et literatim} [LL.], Word for word, and letter for letter.
Verbatim (adv.) Using exactly the same words; "he repeated her remarks verbatim" [syn: {verbatim}, {word for word}].
Verbatim (a.) In precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker; "a direct quotation"; "repeated their dialog verbatim" [syn: {direct}, {verbatim}].
Verbatim (adv.) In the exact words : word for word <quoted the speech verbatim>.
Verbatim (a.) In exactly the same words.
Verbatim (a.) Being in or following the exact words : Word-for-word <a verbatim report of the meeting>.
Verbatim (adv. & a.) In exactly the same words as were used originally.
[As adverb] ‘Subjects were instructed to recall the passage verbatim.’
‘A verbatim account.’
Verbena (n.) (Bot.) 【植】馬鞭草 A genus of herbaceous plants of which several species are extensively cultivated for the great beauty of their flowers; vervain.
Note: Verbena, or vervain, was used by the Greeks, the Romans, and the Druids, in their sacred rites. -- Brewer.
Essence of verbena, Oil of verbena, A perfume prepared from the lemon verbena; also, a similar perfume properly called grass oil. See Grass oil, under Grass.
Lemon verbena, Or Sweet verbena, A shrubby verbenaceous plant ({Lippia citriodora), with narrow leaves which exhale a pleasant, lemonlike fragrance when crushed.
Verbena (n.) Any of numerous tropical or subtropical American plants of the genus Verbena grown for their showy spikes of variously colored flowers [syn: verbena, vervain].
Verbenaceae (n.) 馬鞭草科 Family of New World tropical and subtropical herbs and shrubs and trees [syn: Verbenaceae, family Verbenaceae, verbena family, vervain family].
Verbenaceous (a.) (Bot.) 馬鞭草科的 Of or pertaining to a natural order ({Verbenaceae) of gamopetalous plants of which Verbena is the type. The order includes also the black and white mangroves, and many plants noted for medicinal use or for beauty of bloom.
Verbenated (imp. & p. p.) of Verbenate.
Verbenating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Verbenate.
Verbenate (v. t.) To strew with verbena, or vervain, as in ancient sacrifices and rites.
Verberate (v. t.) To beat; to strike. [Obs.] "The sound . . . rebounds again and verberates the skies." -- Mir. for Mag.
Verberation (n.) The act of verberating; a beating or striking. -- Arbuthnot.
Verberation (n.) The impulse of a body; which causes sound. [R.]
Verbiage (n.) 廢話；冗詞；用語；措詞 The use of many words without necessity, or with little sense; a superabundance of words; verbosity; wordiness.
Verbiage may indicate observation, but not thinking. -- W. Irving.
This barren verbiage current among men. -- Tennyson.
Verbiage (n.) Overabundance of words [syn: verbiage, verbalism].
Verbiage (n.) The manner in which something is expressed in words; "use concise military verbiage"- G.S.Patton [syn: wording, diction, phrasing, phraseology, choice of words, verbiage].
Verbiage (n.) When the context involves a software or hardware system, this refers to {documentation. This term borrows the connotations of mainstream ?verbiage? to suggest that the documentation is of marginal utility and that the motives behind its production have little to do with the ostensible subject.
Verbiage, () Documentation, especially documentation that is verbose and/ or obscure as in the common meaning of the term. [{Jargon File] (2011-12-21)
Verbify (v. t.) To make into a verb; to use as a verb; to verbalize. [R.] -- Earle.
Verbify (v.) Make into a verb; "'mouse' has been verbified by computer users".
Verbose (a.) Abounding in words; using or containing more words than are necessary; tedious by a multiplicity of words; prolix; wordy; as, a verbose speaker; a verbose argument.
Too verbose in their way of speaking. -- Ayliffe. -- Ver*bose"ly, adv. -- Ver*bose"ness, n.
Verbose (a.) Using or containing too many words; "long-winded (or windy) speakers"; "verbose and ineffective instructional methods"; "newspapers of the day printed long wordy editorials"; "proceedings were delayed by wordy disputes" [syn: long-winded, tedious, verbose, windy, wordy].
Verbosities (n. pl. ) of Verbosity.
Verbosity (n.) The quality or state of being verbose; the use of more words than are necessary; prolixity; wordiness; verbiage.
The worst fault, by far, is the extreme diffuseness and verbosity of his style. -- Jeffrey.
Verbosity (n.) An expressive style that uses excessive or empty words [syn: verboseness, verbosity] [ant: terseness].
Verd (n.) (Eng. Forest Law) The privilege of cutting green wood within a forest for fuel.
Verd (n.) (Eng. Forest Law) The right of pasturing animals in a forest. -- Burrill.
Verd (n.) Greenness; freshness. [Obs.] -- Nares.
Verdancy (n.) The quality or state of being verdant.
Verdancy (n.) The lush appearance of flourishing vegetation [syn: greenness, verdancy, verdure].
Verdant (a.) 【文】（指植物、田野）青翠的；嫩綠的；長滿綠色植物的；無經驗的，不熟練的 Covered with growing plants or grass; green; fresh; flourishing; as, verdant fields; a verdant lawn.
Let the earth Put forth the verdant grass. -- Milton.
Verdant (a.) Unripe in knowledge or judgment; unsophisticated; raw; green; as, a verdant youth. [Colloq.]
Verdant (a.) Characterized by abundance of verdure.
Verd antique () (Min.) A mottled-green serpentine marble.
Verd antique () (Min.) A green porphyry called oriental verd antique.
Verd antique (n.) A dark green impure marble [syn: verd antique, verde antique].
Verdantly (adv.) In a verdant manner. Verderer
Verderer (n.) Alt. of Verderor.
Verderor (n.) (Eng. Forest Law) 御林管理官 An officer who has the charge of the king's forest, to preserve the vert and venison, keep the assizes, view, receive, and enroll attachments and presentments of all manner of trespasses. -- Blackstone.
Verdict (n.) (Law) [C]【律】（陪審團的）裁決，裁定；【口】定論；判斷；意見 [S1] The answer of a jury given to the court concerning any matter of fact in any cause, civil or criminal, committed to their examination and determination; the finding or decision of a jury on the matter legally submitted to them in the course of the trial of a cause.
Note: The decision of a judge or referee, upon an issue of fact, is not called a verdict, but a finding, or a finding of fact. -- Abbott.
Verdict (n.) Decision; judgment; opinion pronounced; as, to be condemned by the verdict of the public.
These were enormities condemned by the most natural verdict of common humanity. -- South.
Two generations have since confirmed the verdict which was pronounced on that night. -- Macaulay.
Verdict (n.) (Law) The findings of a jury on issues of fact submitted to it for decision; can be used in formulating a judgment [syn: {verdict}, {finding of fact}].
Verdict (n.), Practice. The unanimous decision made by a jury and reported to the court on the matters lawfully submitted to them in the course of the trial of a cause.
Verdict (n.) Verdicts are of several kinds, namely, privy and public, general, partial, and special.
Verdict (n.) A privy verdict is one delivered privily to a judge out of court. A verdict of this kind is delivered to the judge after the jury have agreed, for the convenience of the jury, who after having given it, separate. This verdict is of no force whatever; and this practice being exceedingly liable to abuse, is seldom if ever allowed in the United States.
Verdict (n.) A public verdict is one delivered in open court. This verdict has its full effect, and unless set aside is conclusive on the facts, and when judgment is rendered upon it, bars all future controversy in personal actions. A private verdict must afterwards be given publicly in order to give it any effect.
Verdict (n.) A general verdict is one by which the jury pronounce at the same time on the fact and the law, either in favor of the plaintiff or defendant. Co. Lit. 228; 4 Bl. Com. 461; Code of Prac. of Lo. art. 519. The jury may find such a verdict whenever they think fit to do so.
Verdict (n.) A partial verdict in a criminal case is one by which the jury acquit the defendant of a part of the accusation against him, and find him guilty of the residue: the following are examples of this kind of a verdict, namely: when they acquit the defendant on one count and find him guilty on another, which is indeed a species of general verdict, as he is generally acquitted on one charge, and generally convicted on another; when the charge is of an offence of a higher, and includes one of an inferior degree, the jury may convict of the less atrocious by finding a partial verdict. Thus, upon an indictment for burglary, the defendant may be convicted of larceny, and acquitted of the nocturnal entry; upon an indictment for murder, he may be convicted of manslaughter; robbery may be softened to simple larceny; a battery, into a common assault. 1 Chit. Cr. Law, 638, and the cases there cited.
Verdict (n.) A special verdict is one by which the facts of the case are put on the record, and the law is submitted to the judges. Lit. Sel. Cas. 376; Breese, 176; 4 Rand. 504; 1 Hen. & Munf. 235; 1 Wash. C. C. 499; 2 Mason, 31. The jury have an option, instead of finding the negative or affirmative of the issue, as in a general verdict, to find all the facts of the case as disclosed by the evidence before them, and, after so setting them forth, to conclude to the following effect: "that they are ignorant, in point of law, on which side they ought upon those facts to find the issue; that if upon the whole matter the court shall be of opinion that the issue is proved for the plaintiff, they find for the plaintiff accordingly, and assess the damages at such a sum, &c.; but if the court are of an opposite opinion, then they find vice versa." This form of finding is called a special verdict. In practice they have nothing to do with the formal preparation of the special verdict. When it is agreed that a verdict of that kind is to be given, the jury merely declare their opinion as to any fact remaining in doubt, and then the verdict is adjusted without their further interference. It is settled, under the correction of the judge, by the counsel and, attorneys on either, side, according to the state of the facts as found by the jury, with respect to all particulars on which they have delivered an opinion, and, with respect to other particulars, according to the state of facts, which it is agreed, that they ought to find upon the evidence before them. The special verdict, when its form is thus settled is, together with the whole proceedings on the trial, then entered on record; and the question of law, arising on the facts found, is argued before the court in bank, and decided by that court as in case of a demurrer. If either party be dissatisfied with their decision, he may afterwards resort to a court of error. Steph. Pl. 113; 1 Archb. Pr. 189; 3 Bl. Com. 377; Bac. Abr. Verdict, D, E.
Verdict (n.) There is another method of finding a special verdict this is when the jury find a verdict generally for the plaintiff, but subject nevertheless to the opinion of the judges or the court above on a special case stated by the counsel on both sides with regard to a matter of law. 3 Bl. Com. 378; and see 10 Mass. R. 64; 11 Mass. R. 358. See, generally, Bouv. Inst. Index, h.t..
Verdigris (n.) (Chem.) 銅綠；銅鏽 A green poisonous substance used as a pigment and drug, obtained by the action of acetic acid on copper, and consisting essentially of a complex mixture of several basic copper acetates.
Verdigris (n.) The green rust formed on copper. [Colloq.]
Note: This rust is a carbonate of copper, and should not be confounded with true verdigris. -- U. S. Disp.
Blue verdigris (Chem.), A verdigris having a blue color, used as a pigment, etc.
Distilled verdigris (Old Chem.), An acid copper acetate; -- so called because the acetic acid used in making it was obtained from distilled vinegar.
Verdigris green, Clear bluish green, the color of verdigris.
Verdigris (v. t.) To cover, or coat, with verdigris. [R.] "An old verdigrised brass bugle." -- Hawthorne.
Verdigris (n.) A blue or green powder used as a paint pigment [syn: verdigris, cupric acetate].
Verdigris (n.) A green patina that forms on copper or brass or bronze that has been exposed to the air or water for long periods of time.
Verdigris (v.) Color verdigris.
Verdin (n.) (Zool.) A small yellow-headed bird ({Auriparus flaviceps) of Lower California, allied to the titmice; -- called also goldtit.
Verdin (n.) Very small yellow-headed titmouse of western North America [syn: verdin, Auriparus flaviceps].
Verdine (n.) (Chem.) A commercial name for green aniline dye.
Verdingale (n.) See Farthingale. [Spelled also verdingall.] [Obs.]
Verdit (n.) Verdict. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Verditer (n.) (Chem.) Verdigris. [Obs.]
Verditer (n.) (Chem.) Either one of two pigments (called blue verditer, and green verditer) which are made by treating copper nitrate with calcium carbonate (in the form of lime, whiting, chalk, etc.) They consist of hydrated copper carbonates analogous to the minerals azurite and malachite.
Verditer blue, A pale greenish blue color, like that of the pigment verditer.
Verditure (n.) The faintest and palest green.
Verdoy (a.) (Her.) Charged with leaves, fruits, flowers, etc.; -- said of a border.
Verdure (n.) [U] （草木的）青翠；蔥鬱；青翠的草木 Green; greenness; freshness of vegetation; as, the verdure of the meadows in June.
A wide
expanse of living verdure, cultivated gardens, shady groves, fertile cornfields,
flowed round it like a sea. -- Motley.
Verdure (n.) Green foliage [syn:
greenery, verdure].
Verdure (n.) The lush appearance of flourishing vegetation [syn: greenness, verdancy, verdure].
Verdured (a.) Covered with verdure. -- Poe.