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† verdue irreg. variant of verdure. In the earliest instance app. a simple misprint, but perh. accepted by later writers.
1641Sylvester's Du Bartas ii. i. Handycrafts 334 A Grove Upon the verdue [edd. 1605, 1621 verdure] of whose Virgin⁓boughs Bird had not percht. 1650Earl of Monmouth tr. Senault's Man. bec. Guilty 176 'Twill make snow black, to make a womans face seem fair, tarnish the verdue of the rose, to exalt the freshnesse of her Complexion. a1670Hacket Abp. Williams i. (1692) 124 The month of May coming in with its verdue. |