vervelle (vervel)

[F.: see varvels.] In me dieval armor, a small staple or loop, especially one of those attached to the steel head-piece, through which the lace was pa ed for attaching the camail. vervels (vėrʼvelz), n. pl. Same as varvels. vervet (ver'vet), n. A South African monkey, Cercopithecus pygerythrus, or C. lalandi. It is one of the so-called green monkeys, closely allied to the grivet. Vervets are among the monkeys carried about by organ grinders. very (ver'i), a. [ It. Pg. vero = OF. ver, veir, voir ), true, = OIr. fir = OS. wār = OFries. wer = MD. waer, D. waar = MLG. wār = OHG. MHG. war (also OHG. wāri, MHG. wære), G. wahr, true, = Goth. wērs, in tuz - wērs, doubtful; cf. OBulg. vier a = Ru . vier a, faith, belief; prob. ult. connected with L. velle, will, choose, E. will: see willl, wale2. From the L. ver us are also ult. E. verily (the adv. of very ), veracious, veracity (the abstract noun of veracious, and of very as representing L. verax ), verity, aver, and the first element in verify, verisimilar, verdict, etc.] True; real; actual; veritable: now used chiefly in an intensive sense, or to emphasize the identity of a thing mentioned with that which was in mind: as, to destroy his very life: that is the very thing that was lost: in the latter use, often with same: as, the very same fault. That was the verray Croys a ayed; for the i founden 3 Cro es, on of oure Lord and 2 of the 2 Theves. Mandeville , Travels, p. 78. This is verry gold of the myn. Book of Quinte E ence (ed. Furnivall), p. 3. The very Greekes and Latines themselues tooke pleasure in Riming verses, and vsed it as a rare and gallant thing. Putten ham , Arte of Eng. Poesie, p. 8. Whether thou be my very son Esau or not. Gen. xxvii. 21. When all else left my cause, My very adversary took my part. Beau. and Fl ., Honest Man's Fortune, i. 1. One Lord Jesus Christ, very God of very God. Nicene Creed, Book of Common Prayer. We have as very a knave in our company [By-ends] as dwelleth in all these parts. Bunyan, Pilgrim's Progre . Bli was it in that dawn to be alive, But to be young was very Heaven! Words worth, Prelude, xi. ferule.] In her., a bearing consisting of several small rings one within another concentrically. Also called vires. more frequently in the superlative. Thou hast the veriest shrew of all. Shak., T. of the S., v. 2. 64. IMG:content-1807.png:[blocks in formation] These sothely [ben] the mesures of the auter in a cubit most verre . Wyclif , Ezek. xliii. 13. 2. In a high degree; to a great extent; extremely; exceedingly. Very does not qualify a verb directly, and hence also, properly and usually, not a past participle: thus, very much frightened, because it fright ened him very much; and so in other cases. This rule, however, is not seldom violated, especially in England: thus, very pleased, instead of very much pleased. We can call him no great Author, yet he writes very much, and with the infamy of the Court is maintain'd in his libels. Bp. Earle, Micro-cosmographie, An Aturney. Ye lied, ye lied, my very bonny may. The Broom of Cow den knows (Child's Ballads, IV. 49). Your meat sall be of the very very best. Johnie of Cockles muir (Child's Ballads, VI. 17). Verzenay (ver-ze-nā'), n. [ Sil lery. (b) One of several brands of champagne, excellent drinking-wine, but not considered of the highest cla . Vesalian (ve-sal i-an), a. [ +-an.] A ociated with the anatomist Vesa lius (1514-64): as, the Fesalian foramen (foramen Vesalii) of the sphenoid bone (a small venous opening). vesania (vē-sāʼni-a), n. [NL., væsania , madne , vesanus , væsan us , not of sound mind, ve- , not, + san us , sound, sane: see sanel.] Disease of the mind; insanity.