Verse

vgrs, n. A line consisting of a certain number of long and short syllables, disposed according to metrical rules; metrical arrangement and language; poetry; commonly but improp., a short division of poetical composition, a stanza, stave; a short division of any composition, esp. of the chapters in the Old and New Testaments: a piece of poetry. — Blank verse. Poetry in which the lines do not end in rhymes. —Heroic v. (Pros.) A kind of verse usually consist ting of 10 syllables, or in Eng., of 5 accented syllables, constituting 5 f eet.— Ver's us, pre]). Against,— chiefly in legal language.— Ver'so, n. (Print.) The reverse or left-hand page of a book or folded sheet of paper. — Versed, vgrst, p. a. Acquainted or familiar, as the result of experience, study, practice, etc.; skilled; practiced. — Ver's ion, -shun, n. Act of translating; a translation; that which is rendered from another language; a statement or account of something from some special point of view. — Ver's icle, -sT-kl, n. A little verse. — Ver's icoPor, -coPored, -kul'grd, a. Having various colors; changeable in color. — Ver's ify, -st-fi,r. i. [fied (-lid), -fying.] To make verses.— v. t. To relate or describe in verse; to turn into verse. — Ver's in cal i on, n. Act, art, or practice of versifying; metrical composition. — Ver's ift'er, n. One who makes verses; one who expre es in verse the ideas of another written in prose. — Versatile, -sa-til, a. Liable to be turned in opinion; turning with ease from one thing to another; readily applied to a new task, or to various subjects; variable; changeable; unsteady; fickle. (Nat. Hist.) Capable of revolving; freely movable, — as a versatile anther, which is fixed at one point, but freely movable. — Ver's atilene , Versatility, n. S t a t e or quality of being versatile; aptne to change; variablene ; faculty of easily turning one's mind to new tasks or subjects. — Ver'tebra, -te-bra, n.; pi. -be^e, -bre. (Anat.) A joint or s e g m e n t of the back-bone or spinal column in a fish, reptile, bird, or quadruped,and in man: see Skeleton. — Verlebral, a. Of, or pertaining to, the joints of the spine or back-bone; hav- Vertebrae in Man. — Verlebrate, ing a back-bone. -bra J n An ania > i «• sPinous proce ; skeleton, the back-bone d> dorsal in vertebra' which is called the ver internal jointed tebral or spinal column. — Ver'tebrate, -bra'ted, a. (Anat.) Having a back-bone, or ve-tebral column, containing the spinal marrow. — Ver'tex, n.; E. pi. -texes; L. pi. -tices, -tT-sez. Principal or highest point; top; summit; crown; esp., the crown of the head; the zenith, or point of the heavens directly overhead. (Math.) The point in any figure opposite to, and furthest from, the base: the top or point opposite the base. — Ver'tical, -tik-al, a. Situated at the vertex or highest point; directly overhead, or in the zenith; perpendicularlv above one; perpendicular to the plane of the horizon; upright; plumb. — Vertically, ai/r. In a vertical manner; from above downward. — Ver'ticalne , n. — Ver ticH late, -lasted, -tisll-la'ted, a. (J'ot.) Arranged in a ring or whorl; arranged around a stem or pedicel, like the rays of a wheel.— Ver'tigo, -tt-go, n. Dizzine or swimming of the head; giddine . (Zo'ol.) A gasteropodous mollusk (land or marsh snail) of several species, with cylindrically fusiform shell. — Vertig^or ink, then, boNbos, chair, get. inous, -tij'T-nus, a. Turning round: whirling; rotary; affected with vertigo; giddy; dizzy.— Vertiginously, adv. With a whirling or giddine .— Vertig'inousne , n. — Vor,rtex, vfir'teks, nL; E. pi. -texes; L. pi. -tices, -tl-sez. A whirling or circular motion of any fluid, forming a kind of cavity in the center Vertigo. of the circle; a whirlpool; a whirling of the air; a whirlwind. — Vor/'tical, -tl-kal, a. Pert, to or resembling a vortex form or motion; whirling. — Vor'ticel, -tl-sel, (Zobl.) One of certain wheel-animalcules, which, the rapid rotary motion of the organs round mouth, create a vortex in the water, and thus their food. 500