ver1te, veritie, veryte, verytie, verytye

[Fr. vérité, from Latin veritatem, acc us, of veritas, from ver us =true; Spanish verdad; Ital. ver ità.] 1. The quality or state of being true; truth, reality; true or real nature; agreement of a statement, proposition, or other thing with fact. "I would prove the verity of certain words." Shakesp.: Henry VIII., i. 2. sin, as; expect, Xenophon, exist. ph = f. 2. That which is true; a true a ertion or tenet; a truth, a fact, a reality. "There are many veritees, which yet may be no soc he artycles of oure fayth."- Boke made by Jon Fryth , p. 107. *3. Faith, honesty. "Justice, verity , temperance." Shakesp.: Macbeth , iv. 3. *ver-mic'-eous (cas sh), *ver-mi-cio us, adj . [ Lat.vermis a worm.] Of or pertaining to worms; wormy. ver-mi-çide, subst . [Lat. vermis =a worm, and cædo (in comp.- cido .)=to kill.] A worm-killer; one of that cla of anthelmintics which destroy intes tinal worms; a vermifuge. *ver-mi-cle, s . [VERMICULE.] ver-mic-u-lar, a. [Fr. vermiculaire, from Lat. verd =green, jus =juice.] 1. Literal : An acid liquor expre ed from crabapples, unripe grapes, , and used for cooking and other purposes. "Then bids fall on; himself for saving charges, A peeled sliced onion eats, and tipples verjuice." Dryden: Persius , sat. iv. 2. Fig .: Sourne or acidity of temper or manner; crabbedne . "The fashion in which the narrator chose, from inher. ent bonhomie, or from inherent verjuice, to put the thing."- A . K. H. Boyd : Rec. Country Parson; Art of Putting Things. ver'-meil, *věr'-mill, s . [Fr. vermeil =vermilion a little worm, from Lat. vermiculus , dim in. from vermis a worm.] [VERMILION.] I. Ordinary Language : 1. Vermilion; the color of vermilion. (Only used in poetry.) "In vermeil colors and in gold." Words worth: White Doe, ii. 2. Silver gilt; gilt bronze. 3. A jeweler's name for a crimson-red garnet inclining slightly to orange. II. Gild .: A liquid applied to a gilded surface to give luster and fire to the gold, making it resemble ormolu. It is composed of arnotto, gamboge, vermilion, dragon's blood, salt of tartar, and saffron, boiled in water. *věr-měl-ět, s. [A dim in. from vermeil (q. v.).] Vermilion. "Who made thy color vermelet and white?" A helminthologist (q. v.). Chaucer: Court of Love.