Vernier

ver'ni-er, n. a contrivance for measuring very small intervals, consisting of a short scale made to slide along a graduated instrument. (So called from Vernier of Bru els, its inventor Versatile, v£r'sa-til, adj. liable to be turned in opinion: changeable: unsteady: turning easily — from one thing to ano tiier. [L. vers a til is verso freq. of ver to, to turn.] Versatility, ver-sa-til'it-i, «. the quality of being versatile: changeablene the faculty of turning easily to new tasks or subjects. Vers©, vers, a line of poetry: metrical arrangement and language: poetry a stanza: a short division of anv composition, esp. of the chapters of the Bible, orig. confined to the metrical books, applied first to whole Bible in 1528 a portion of an anthem to be performed by a single voice to each part. 648 fate, fir mC, her mine Vest [L. versus, a line in writing— verio, version, to turn. Versed, verst, adj, thoroughly acquainted, skilled (followed by in) (math.} reversed. (Fr. vers i — L. versatus, pa.p. of vers or, to turn round.]