tvermilingues, i vermil in gui a (u as W)

pl. [Lat. vermis=a worm, and lingua =the tongue.] Zool .: A group of Lacer til i a, consisting of the single family Chameleon tide (q. v.) ver-mil-ion, *ver-mil-lion (iasy), *ver-myloun, *ver-myl-yone s. & a . [Fr. ver mill on = ver milion a little worm, from Lat. vermiculus , double dim in. of vermis a worm; so called from being of a red or scarlet color, such as that obtained pine, pit, sire, sir, marine; gō, pot, IMG:content-0463.png:[blocks in formation] 2. The bisulphuret of mercury used as a pigment In oil and water colors. It is of a bright red color, Inclining to yellow, of good body, and of great use fulne in its compounds with white pigments. It is also used in making sealing-wax and for other purposes. It occurs in nature as a common ore of mercury, of a carmine-red color. IMG:content-0464.png:[blocks in formation] (Quebec), E. by New Hampshire, from which it is separated by the Connecticut river. Vermont was the Cherry is conduplicate, that of Prunus domes- first settled at Fort Dummer in 1724 by emigrants from Ma achusetts. Admitted as a State of the U. S. A., March 4, 1791. Chief industry, agriculture. ver-mont-ite, s. [After Vermont, where it is supposed to have been found; suff. -ite ( Min .).] Min.: A variety of arsenopyrite (q. v.), contain- ing cobalt, and referred by Dana to his cobaltic group of that species. vêr-moûth, vêr-muth (th as t), s. [Fr. ver- mout , vermouth , from Ger.wermuth = absinthe.] A stimulating liquor, composed of white wine, ab- fe edly used to excite the appetite. ver-na-cle, s. [VERNICLE.] and even natural orders. Thus the vernation of tic a convolute, and that of Ferns and Cycadace circinate. Called also Præfoliation.