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▪ I. † ˈverticle
erron. f. vertical a. and n. Obs.
1611Cotgr., Azimuth, an Azimuth, or Verticle circle, which discends from the Zenith. 1653Waterhouse Apol. Learning 51 Now grows Our Nation to its Zenith: Fame is no friend to Continuance; the Verticle is near, when Admiration from abroad, and Luxury at home, threaten our Change.
▪ II. † ˈverticle Obs. rare.
[ad. L. verticula, -us, -um joint, vertebra, dim. of vertex vertex, or OF. verticule (rare) vertebra.]
A vertebra.
1658A. Fox Würtz' Surg. v. 363 Some Childrens back bone have I seen crackt in two, and the verticles thereof were disjoyned. |