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121. vermid ppl.

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Her. ?Ornamented with worms or snakes or with wormlike or sinuous shapes.

122. verrẹ̄ adj.

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Her. Of a coat of arms: having a field tinctured with two or more alternating colors, usu. a metal and a color.

123. vert n.

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(a) Under forest law, all forest trees, underwood, or brush bearing green leaves; vert and venesoun, vert…venesoun, all forest vegetation and game (b) the color green; (c) her. green as one of the…

124. vert adj.

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(a) Her. Tinctured with the color green; (b) cook. in combs.: vert desir, a dish made with parsley for coloring; sauce vert, = vert-sauce n.; (c) sauge vert, fresh sage, as opposed to the dried herb.

125. void(e adj.

Additional spellings: voide
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(a) Without contents, empty; also fig. and in fig. context; of a river: empty of water, etc.; of a pen: empty of ink (b) of the stomach or part of the intestinal tract: without food, empty; of the…

126. voider n.

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(a) A tray or other vessel for removing trenchers, pieces of broken food, etc. from a table (b) her. a type of ordinary, consisting of a segment of a large-diameter circle projecting from a rim of…

127. wastel n.

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(a) A variety of white wheaten bread or cake of superior quality, generally considered second only to simenel in fineness;—also pl. [quot. 1381]; wastel bred, bred of wastel (b) an individual loaf or…