单词 | verdour |
释义 | † verdourn.1 Obsolete. 1. a. Fresh greenness (of vegetation); figurative fresh or flourishing condition. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > [noun] > good health > thriving thriftc1230 verdour1447 proof1574 verdurec1595 thrivage1610 the world > action or operation > prosperity > [noun] > flourishing condition statea1387 verdour1447 virtuec1450 thrivingc1460 provinga1529 prospering?1567 verdurec1595 flourish1597 efflorescency1649 efflorescence1672 flourishing1717 flourishment1724 booming1881 the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by good growth > [noun] > flourishing state or greenness verdour1447 flourish1594 luxuritya1636 vernancy1669 luxuriancy1712 luxuriance1728 floridity1831 rankness1873 vernality1896 lushness1900 the world > matter > colour > named colours > green or greenness > [noun] greennessOE green?c1225 greenheada1325 greenshipc1390 verdurec1400 viridityc1430 sinople1489 flourish1594 deep green1601 verdour1610 verdancy1631 verdue1641 zinnober green1879 vernality1896 virescence1904 verd1915 1447 O. Bokenham Lyvys Seyntys (1835) 213 The verdour or grennesse & the redolence Of good fame. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 156 b/2 The blessyd George was hygh in despysyng lowe thynges and therfore he had verdeur in hym self. 1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie iii. vii. 106 He beareth Argent, three sterued branches,..this being mortified and vnuested of the verdour which sometime it had. a1644 F. Quarles Judgem. & Mercy (1646) 73 (heading) The worldly mans Verdour. b. Taste, esp. fresh or pleasant taste; = verdure n. 4. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > [noun] smacka1000 savour?c1225 relesec1330 tastea1382 sentimentc1400 smatchc1400 taragec1407 tangc1440 weffec1440 tallage14.. sapor1477 verdurea1513 verdour1526 relish1530 verder1532 gustc1540 waft1542 smacker1549 talent1550 tack1602 tache1607 tincture1610 twang1611 foretaster1632 flavour1693 gusto1713 goût1751 saporosity1794 gustativeness1827 savouring1840 sipidity1880 palate1973 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. FFFviii And the vyne answered sayeng. I may nat leaue my swetnesse & plesaunt verdour, whiche so delyteth..bothe god & man. 1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. James iii. f. xxxv But every frute is lyke vnto hys owne tree, and hathe the verdour of the Juyce of hys owne rote. 1596 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent (rev. ed.) 247 Those plantes which our ancestors had brought hither out of Normandie had lost their natiue verdour, whether you did eate their substance, or drink their iuice, which we call Cyder. 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning i. sig. M1 We see in all other pleasures [than learning], there is sacietie; and after they bee vsed, their verdour departeth. View more context for this quotation 2. = verdure n. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > ornamental textiles > [noun] > tapestry > ornamented with trees or vegetation verdour1480 verder1500 verdure1513 verder1522 verdoy1542 verderer1581 1480 Wardrobe Accts. Edward IV in N. H. Nicolas Privy Purse Expenses Elizabeth of York (1830) 118 Oon other [counterpoint] of greene verdours with trees; oon other of white verdour with a scripture. 1493 Halyburton's Ledger (1867) 10 A cuvaryng of wardur, cost 12s. 1531–2 in Hist. MSS Comm.: MSS Duke of Rutland (1905) IV. 271 in Parl. Papers (Cd. 2606) LXIII. 301 For iiij peces of verdours for hanginges, vjli. xiijs. iiijd. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. clxvv The newe banket chamber..was hanged with a costly verdor all new, the ground therof was all gold and the flowers were al of Sattyn siluer. 1574 Burgh Rec. Glasgow (1876) I. 32 Ane lettgant bed furneist witht Flandreis werdour, blancattis, scheittis, and coddis. 3. = verdure n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by good growth > [noun] > flourishing vegetation or verdure greennesseOE tapetc1380 verdurea1400 verdour?a1513 tire1594 attire1610 greenth1753 a1513 W. Dunbar Tua Mariit Wemen in Poems (1998) I. 41 As new spynist rose, Arrayit ryallie about with mony riche wardour. 1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 857/1 Vnder it antike images of gold inuironed with verdor of olifs cast in compasse. 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning i. sig. H3 Salomon became inabled..to compile a naturall Historie of all verdor, from the Cedar vpon the Mountaine, to the mosse vppon the wall. View more context for this quotation 4. = verdure n. 1b. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > green or greenness > [noun] > shade or tint of green verdure1523 verdour1555 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 236v There appeareth to the eye a certeyne verdour shynynge lyke the beames of the soonne. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2021). † verdourn.2 Obsolete. rare. = verderer n.2 1. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > [noun] > judicial officer of forests verdourc1503 viridaryc1503 viridourc1503 verderer1541 virideer1609 verdier1611 verdera1625 c1503 tr. Charter of London in R. Arnold Chron. f. lxxx/1 And to this Swanmot..shall com to gedurs foresturs and vierdours and non other be distraint. 1594 R. Crompton L'Authoritie & Iurisdict. des Courts f. 169 If a man be indited of Trespasse done in the forrest before verdors, regardors, agistors, and other Ministers of the Forrest [etc.]. 1607 J. Cowell Interpreter sig. Xxx4v/2 Verdour..a Iudiciall officer of the Kings forest, chosen by the King, in the full county of the same shire, within the forest, where he doth dwell. 1607 J. Cowell Interpreter sig. Yyy1/1 The verdour is made by the Kings writ..which is directed to the Shyreeue for the choice of him in a full County. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia (following Cowell) Verderer or Verdor, a Judicial Officer of the Kings Forrest. 1812 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 34 210 A forest has laws and officers of its own, as foresters, verdours, rangers, and agisters. 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