verdun (verdun)

[ 2. Decision; judgment; opinion pronounced: cially suitable for the duel. as, the verdict of the public. Bad him seye his verdit as him leste. Chaucer, Gen. Prol. to C. T., 1. 787. Nor caring how slightly they put off the verdit of holy Text unsalv'd. Milton , Prelatical Episcopacy. We will review the deeds of our fathers, and pa that just verdict on them we expect from posterity on our own. Emerson, Hist. Discourse at Concord. Open verdict, a verdict upon an inquest which finds that a crime has been committed, but does not specify the criminal, or which finds that a sudden or violent death has occurred, but does not find the cause proved. - Partial verdict. See partial. - Privy verdict. See privy. - Sealed verdict, a verdict reduced to writing and sealed up for delivery to the court: a method sometimes allowed, to avoid detaining the jury, after they have reached an agreement, until the next se ion of the court. Special verdict, a verdict in which the jury find the facts and state them as proved, but leave the conclusion to be drawn from the facts to be determined by the court verdure (ver'dūr), n. [ verdure , ver- dure , F. verdure (= Sp. Pg. It. verdura ) , verd , vert, virid is , green: see verd .] 1. Green- ne ; specifically, the fresh green of vegeta- tion; also, green vegetation itself: as, the ver- dure of spring. Alle his vesture uerayly watz clene verdure , Bothe the barres of his belt & other blythe stones, That were richely rayled in his aray clene. Sir Gawayne and the Green Knight (E. E. T. S.), 1. 161. Innepee she lepte the fenestre vppon, Aboue beheld she uerdures flour e hing. Rom. of Partenay (E. E. T. S.), 1. 3823. Plants of eternal verdure only grew Upon that virgin soil. J. Beaumont, Psyche, ii. 196. Bleak winter flies, new verdure clothes the plain. Cooper , tr. of Milton's Latin Elegies, v. according as the law applicable thereto may require. Hence-2. Freshne in general. =Syn. 1. Decree, Judgment , etc. See decision. Bole armoniak, ver degrees , boras. Chaucer, Prol. to Canon's Yeoman's Tale, 1. 237. Distilled verdigris, a neutral acetate of copper, obtained by di olving common verdigris in hot acetic acid, and allowing the salt to crystallize out of the cooled solution. It forms dark-green crystals. verdigris (ver'di-grēs), v. t. [ verdigris , n.] To cause to be coated with verdigris; cover or coat with verdigris. Hawthorne . verdigris-green (ver'di-grès-grēn), n. A bright, very bluish green. verdin (vėr'din), n . [ verdin , yellowhammer (= Sp. verdino , bright-green), verd , vert , green: see verd .] The gold tit, or yellow Whatsoever I should write now, of any pa ages of these days, would lose the verdure before the letter came to you. Donne, Letters, lix. 3. In decorative art, tapestry of which foliage or leafage on a large scale, scenery with trees, or the like, is the chief subject. Also tapis de verdure. A counterpaynt of verder... iije gret kerpettes for tables ii... of fyne arres and the other of verder. Dame Agnes Hunger ford's Inventory, temp. Henry VIII. [(Archæologia, XXXVIII. 364). verdure (ver'dūr), v. t.; pret. and pp. verdured, ppr. ver during. [ One small circular island, profusely verdured , reposed upon the bosom of the stream. Poe , Tales, L. 363. verdurele (ver'dūr-les), a . [ verdure + -le .] Destitute of verdure; barren.