vernacularism

[Eng. vernacular; -ism.] *ver-năc-u-lăr'-1-ty, s. [Eng. vernacular; -ity.] A vernacularism; an idiom. "Rustic Ann andale.. with its homely honesties, its rough vernacularities."-Carlyle: Reminiscences, i. 335. ver-năc-u-lar-i-zā'-tion, s . [Eng. vernacular ; -ization .] The act or proce of making vernacular; the state of being made vernacular. "You sands of words candidates for vernacular i zati on."- Fitzedward Hall : Modern English , p. 105. ver-năc-u-lar-ly, adv . [Eng. vernacular ; -ly.) In a vernacular manner, as one's native language. "We have most of us known one language vernacu larly."- Earle : Philology of the English Tongue . (Pref.) *ver-năc-u-lous, a . [Lat. vernaculus .] 1. Of or pertaining to slaves or the rabble; hence, scurrilous, insolent, scoffing. "Subject to the petulancy of every vernaculous orator that were wont to be the care of kings and happiest monarchs."-Ben Jonson: Volpone. (Dedic.) 2. Vernacular. printed in 1631.] A contrivance for measuring fractional portions of one of the equal spaces into which a scale or limb, or a graduated instrument is divided. The vernier consists of a graduated scale, so arranged as to cover an exact number of spaces on the primary scale, or limb, to which it is applied. The vernier is divided into a number of equal parts, greater or le by 1, than the number of spaces which it covers on the limb. That applied to the barometer will illustrate its principle, a representing the mercurial column, the vernier, and c the barometer-scale, divided into inches and tenths. The Vernier. vernier scale is 1 inches in length, and is divided into ten equal parts, each embracing of an inch, and therefore exceeding each division of the scale by ro of an inch. If, therefore, any division of coincide with division scales that division, counting downward, when the 0 of the vernier coincides with the top of the mercurial column, indicates the number of hundredths of an inch to be added to the tenths division on the scale next above which the 0 of the vernier stands.