verjuicen.

Brit.

/ˈvəːdʒuːs/, U.S.

/ˈvərdʒəs/

Forms: α. Middle English verious, Middle English veryous, veryose, verius(e, veriuys, verjusse, veriowce ( vere jouse), 1500s werius, verioyce, verjuce ( verdjuice), 1500s–1600s veriuice, veriuce, veriuyce, 1600s verjuyce, verjuce, verjus, 1600s– verjuice. β. Middle English vergws, Middle English wergoys, 1500s vergus, verguys; Middle English vergieux, Middle English–1500s vergeous, 1500s vergews, vergeus, Middle English vergyous, 1500s vergiouce, vergious, vergyus, vergius (Middle English verdius, Middle English vertious). γ. Middle English vergys, Middle English–1600s vergis, 1500s–1600s verges, 1500s werges, vergesse, vergi(e)sse, 1600s verdges; Middle English warius, 1500s warges, 1500s–1600s, 1800s dialect varges, 1600s, 1800s dialect vargis.

Etymology: < Old French vertjus, verjus, vergus, etc. (modern French verjus ), < vert green, unripe + jus juice n.

a. The acid juice of green or unripe grapes, crab-apples, or other sour fruit, expressed and formed into a liquor; formerly much used in cooking, as a condiment, or for medicinal purposes. Also in comparisons as, as sour (bitter, tart, etc.) as verjuice.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > additive > acid or tart flavouring > [noun] > juice of unripe fruit

verjuice1302

the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medical preparations of specific origin > medicine composed of a plant > [noun] > general plant-derived medicines

savineOE

liquoricec1275

verjuice1302

sandragon1334

sugar roset1363

acaciaa1398

agnus castusa1398

sebestenc1400

socotrine aloesa1425

tapsimelc1425

valencec1425

aconitum?a1450

hypericum1471

cassia1543

guaiacum1553

guaiac1558

butcher's broom1578

solanum1578

liquorice-stick1580

symphonia1597

tabasheer1598

diascord1605

orange-bead1626

oxymel of squills1654

Japonic earth1673

terebinthina1693

terebinthinate1696

pareira brava1698

rhabarbarate1716

Japan earth1718

buglossate1725

squill1725

phytolacca1730

nettle juice1747

xanthoxyloïn1767

mustard whey1769

Jesuits' drops1783

digitalis1785

arnica1788

mel-rose1790

gallic acid1791

valerian1794

sacred elixir1797

drosera1801

Spanish juice1803

mudar1819

sabadilla1821

parillin1825

mudarin1829

salicin1830

sang1843

peppermint camphor1854

pareira1855

savanilla1856

euonymin1862

menthol1862

phytolaccin1864

alstonia1868

agoniadin1870

guimauve1870

gelsemium1875

iridin1879

hazeline1880

tub-camphor1880

echinacea1887

jacaranda1887

hamamelin1890

quillain1890

vieirin1893

thiolin1894

mentha camphor1902

hamamelis1910

phytohaemagglutinin1949

adaptogen1966

α.

1302–3 in F. R. Chapman Sacrist Rolls Ely (1907) II. 18 Pro j barillo ad verious.

14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 619 Viridis succus, veriuys.

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 508/2 Veriowce, sawce, agresta.

1450–80 tr. Secreta Secret. 33 Make him drynke of verious and watir.

a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xii. 115 A calf-lyuer skorde With the veryose: Good sawse, This is a restorité To make a good appeté.

1534 in E. Peacock Eng. Church Furnit. (1866) 187 A brake to make verioyce with.

?1543 T. Phaer tr. J. Goeurot Regiment of Lyfe ii. f. vi^v The iuce of purcelane, of plantayne, and vergiouce of grapes or crabbes.

1594 H. Plat Jewell House 71 Crabs after the veriuice is expressed from them.

a1627 T. Middleton Women beware Women iii. iii, in 2 New Playes (1657) 162 Having a crabbed face of her own, she'll eat the less Verjuyce with her Mutton.

1657 J. Trapp Comm. Ezra vi. 13 II. 22 Their obedience was wrung out of them, as verjuice is out of a crab.

1738 G. Smith tr. Laboratory x. 232 Beat Pumice Stones to an impalpable Powder, and mix it up with Verjuice.

1749 D. Hartley Observ. Man i. ii. 124 The good Effects of Vinegar, Verjuice, Spirits of Wine, in Sprains.

1853 J. F. Royle Man. Materia Med. (ed. 2) 358 When unripe the fruit is remarkable for the harsh acidity of its juice, which is then called verjuice.

1881 Harper's Mag. July 266 To distort the face as if one were quaffing verjuice.

figurative.c1616 R. C. Times' Whistle (1871) vi. 2526 They must have veriuice that will squeese such crabbes.1625 T. Middleton Game at Chæss v. iii 'S foot this Fat Bishop hath..so squelch'd and squeez'd me, I've no verjuice left in me.1662 H. Hibbert Syntagma Theologicum 269 Take heed of matching with one of the daughters of Heth; he that graffs into a crab-stock, is like never to want verjuice.β. 1349–50 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1899) II. 551 In 16 lag. de vergeous.1392 Earl Derby's Exped. (Camden) 155 Et pro viij galonibus vergws.a1400 Leg. Holy Rood viii. 175 Ȝit Moyses in Rule haþ rad, We schulde ete vr lomb in sour vergeous.c1430 Pilgr. Lyf Manhode (1869) ii. cxlvii. 134 I serue of vinegre and of vergeous, and of greynes þat ben soure.c1440 Douce MS. 55 f. 7 Then take..a quantite of vertious & saffron & salte & cast ther to.1463 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 23 A barell with wergoys, and a botel for wynne.1508 Bk. Keruynge (de Worde) sig. B.ii It ought for to be eten with grene garlyke or with sorell or tender vynes or vergyus in somer season.1558 W. Ward tr. G. Ruscelli Secretes Alexis of Piemount (1568) 65 b Boile it in iii glasses full of good vergeous or whyte wyne.1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry ii. f. 57 Some adde therevnto Vergius, or the iuyce of soure Grapes, to make the taste more tarte.γ. 1412–3 Abingdon Acc. (Camden) 75 De vuis..pro vergis inde fact'.c1425 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 662/13 Hoc ius uiride, warius [printed warins].1527 Luton Trin. Guild (1906) 186 Payd..for j galone of wargis.a1529 J. Skelton Magnyfycence (?1530) sig. Eiiii^v Somtyme parde I must vse largesse ye mary somtyme in a messe of vergesse.1557 in J. P. Earwaker Lancs. & Cheshire Wills (1884) 64 ij barrells to keepe varges in.1580 T. Tusser Fiue Hundred Pointes Good Husbandrie (new ed.) f. 22^v Be sure of vergis..so good for the kitchen.1610 G. Markham Maister-peece i. lxxi. 148 You shall then onely giue it a pint of strong verdges to drinke.1630 J. Taylor Praise, Antiqvitie, & Commoditie of Beggerie in Wks. i. 97/2 And for a Sauce he seldom is at Charges, For euery Crabtree, doth affoord him Vergis.1639 O. Wood Alphabet. Bk. Physicall Secrets 102 Make a posset of Varges or Vinigar and Milke, bath the joynt very hot therewith.1837 T. Hood Ode to Dr. Hahnemann 38 A drop of ‘varges’.1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words II. 375 As sour as vargis.1904 E. Step Wayside & Woodland Trees 103 Cyder is made from the rotting Crabs; also a kind of vinegar called verjuice or vargis.

†b. In figurative phrases to crowd, crush, squeeze to verjuice. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > pressing, pressure, or squeezing > press, squeeze, or pinch [verb (intransitive)] > crush

to crowd, crush, squeeze to verjuice1605

1605 Hist. Tryall Cheualry sig. C2^v And that sowre crab do but leere at thee, I shall squeeze him to vargis.

a1625 J. Fletcher Island Princesse iii. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ooo2/2 They love a man that crushes 'em to verjuce.

a1625 J. Fletcher Wife for Moneth ii. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Gggggg3/2 They have crowded me to Vergis, I sweat like a Butter-box.

2. In figurative use, with reference to the characteristic acidity or sourness of verjuice.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill-naturedness > sourness or bitterness of temper > [noun]

gallc1175

sourness1482

fellc1494

acerbitya1538

tartness1548

acrimony1597

verjuice1598

vinegara1616

acidness1660

asperity1664

thorniness1674

acidity1687

acerbitude1727

acridity1753

vitriol1769

souredness1858

1598 E. Guilpin Skialetheia sig. C5 Oh how the varges from his blacke pen wrung, Would sauce the Idiome of the English tongue.

1598 E. Guilpin Skialetheia vi. sig. E2 To mittigate The sharp tart veriuice of his snap-haunce hate.

1631 B. Jonson Staple of Newes v. i. 97 in Wks. II Hang him, an austere grape, That has no iuice, but what is veriuice in him.

1685 J. Crowne Sir Courtly Nice i. 2 The Devil of envy suck'd it all out, and left verjuice in the roome.

1759 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1862) 2nd Ser. 543 To be sure there must be an infinite deal of verjuice in her composition!

1791 J. Wolcot Rights of Kings xviii, in Wks. (1816) II. 209 The heart should be a medlar, not a crab; Milk, and not Verjuice, from its fount should flow.

1825 W. Scott Betrothed vi, in Tales Crusaders II. 130 Raoul, glancing towards her a look of verjuice [etc.].

1833 T. Hook Parson's Daughter II. xi. 219 Miss Budd, although she said nothing, looked vinegar and verjuice.

1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets iv. 101 The temper of his proposed son-in-law was a mixture of gall, wormwood, vinegar, verjuice, vitriol and nitric acid.

Compounds

attributive or as adj.

a. Simple attributive, as verjuice barrel, verjuice bottle, verjuice brake, verjuice house, verjuice sauce, verjuice tub, verjuice vessel.

ΚΠ

1432 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 91 A vergyous barell.

c1450 Two Cookery Bks. 103 The sauce is vergyus sauce or sauce ginger.

1516–17 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1898) I. 106 Pro ostiis le Weriushouse.

1551–60 in H. Hall Society in Elizabethan Age (1887) 150 A verguys tubbe.

1578 in F. Collins Wills & Admin. Knaresborough Court Rolls (1902) I. 134 In the buttrie..a kitt, a vergious brake.

1588 in J. P. Earwaker Lancs. & Cheshire Wills (1893) 150 ij kneadinge tubes, iij cheises, ij verges barrells.

1629 Inventory Hatfield Priory in Trans. Essex Archæol. Soc. (1889) New Ser. 3 161 In the West Larder..8 vergis vessells.

b. Passing into adjective in the sense of ‘bitter, sour, sour-looking’, as verjuice countenance, verjuice face, verjuice wit.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill-naturedness > sourness or bitterness of temper > [adjective]

bitter?c1225

sour?c1225

envenomedc1375

envenomousa1420

crabbed1565

gallish1595

verjuice1598

vinegar-tart1599

soury1647

acrid1681

acrious1682

sourish1688

embittered1694

subacid1760

verjuiced1836

acidulent1837

vinaigrous1837

vinegar1847

vinegary1847

soured1848

acerbic1853

acidulous1865

acerbate1869

acerbitous1870

snake-headed1920

sour-pussed1952

1598 J. Marston Scourge of Villanie To Perusers sig. B4^v I dare defend my plainnes gainst the veriuyce face, of the crabbed'st Satyrist that euer stuttered.

1613 T. Heywood Brazen Age ii. iii She scarce will let me kisse her, But shee makes vergisse faces.

a1652 R. Brome Court Begger ii. i. sig. O4^v, in Five New Playes (1653) Thou hast a verjuice wit.

1823 W. Scott Peveril I. vi. 162 A verjuice countenance..is no such temptation.

1853 W. J. Hickie tr. Aristophanes Comedies I. 12 You bear the basket prettily, with a verjuice face.

†c.

verjuice grape n. one or other variety of grape suitable for the making of verjuice (cf. quot. 1725 and French verjus a sour or green grape). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > edible berries > grape > type of

labruscaa1398

muscadel1517

muscadine1598

olive grape1601

grapeletc1620

burlace1629

frontignaca1642

fox-grape1648

verjuice grape1648

muscat1655

morillon1691

muscatel1691

grapeling1694

chasselas1699

muscadella1707

frontignan1756

Morocco1763

Pineau1763

Malaga1769

wild grape1770

Nebbiolo1788

Macabeo1794

Malbec1833

Hamburg grape1838

muscadel1852

Concord grape1858

garnacha1860

sultana grape1861

Canaiolo1862

dyer1865

Sémillon1875

Bual1882

lady's finger1892

Grignolino1894

Tokay grape1896

Durif1897

Morocco grape1908

Viognier1908

gros Colmar1927

Montepulciano1927

Shiraz1927

Verdicchio1940

Cinsault1945

Müller-Thurgau1951

Mavrud1959

Pinotage1964

Mavron1965

Syrah1969

Parellada1979

1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Verjuys-bésien, verjus or Sowre grapes.

1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 1st Bk. Wks. xxv. 115 The great red grapes, the muscadine, the verjuice grape.

1664 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense 74 in Sylva The Verjuyce-grape excellent for sauce, &c.

1706 G. London & H. Wise Retir'd Gard'ner I. i. xi. 52 Having planted your Trees, you ought..to set some Chasselas, or Verjuice Grapes, about your Squares.

1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique (at cited word) There are three sorts of Grapes to which they properly give the Name of Verjuice, viz. the Gouais, Farineus, and Bourdelas, otherwise le Grey; and 'tis from these three that they commonly press Verjuice.

Derivatives

ˈverjuice v. (transitive) to embitter, make sour.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > bitterness > [verb (transitive)]

ranklec1487

infester1570

festering1615

rancour1654

verjuice1848

out-sharpen1864

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > unkindness > bitterness > make bitter [verb (transitive)]

fester?1548

infester1570

embitter1635

rancour1654

verjuice1848

1848 J. R. Lowell Fable for Critics (1865) 217 His sermons with satire are plenteously verjuiced.

1892 W. G. Thorpe Still Life Mid. Temple 3 Sir John Key, where the inherent rhyme to ‘donkey’ verjuiced the baronetcy.

ˈverjuiced adj.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill-naturedness > sourness or bitterness of temper > [adjective]

bitter?c1225

sour?c1225

envenomedc1375

envenomousa1420

crabbed1565

gallish1595

verjuice1598

vinegar-tart1599

soury1647

acrid1681

acrious1682

sourish1688

embittered1694

subacid1760

verjuiced1836

acidulent1837

vinaigrous1837

vinegar1847

vinegary1847

soured1848

acerbic1853

acidulous1865

acerbate1869

acerbitous1870

snake-headed1920

sour-pussed1952

1836 W. H. Maxwell Capt. Blake xv The maid was a verjuiced spinster.

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单词	verjuice
释义	verjuicen. Brit. /ˈvəːdʒuːs/, U.S. /ˈvərdʒəs/ Forms: α. Middle English verious, Middle English veryous, veryose, verius(e, veriuys, verjusse, veriowce ( vere jouse), 1500s werius, verioyce, verjuce ( verdjuice), 1500s–1600s veriuice, veriuce, veriuyce, 1600s verjuyce, verjuce, verjus, 1600s– verjuice. β. Middle English vergws, Middle English wergoys, 1500s vergus, verguys; Middle English vergieux, Middle English–1500s vergeous, 1500s vergews, vergeus, Middle English vergyous, 1500s vergiouce, vergious, vergyus, vergius (Middle English verdius, Middle English vertious). γ. Middle English vergys, Middle English–1600s vergis, 1500s–1600s verges, 1500s werges, vergesse, vergi(e)sse, 1600s verdges; Middle English warius, 1500s warges, 1500s–1600s, 1800s dialect varges, 1600s, 1800s dialect vargis. Etymology: < Old French vertjus, verjus, vergus, etc. (modern French verjus ), < vert green, unripe + jus juice n. 1. a. The acid juice of green or unripe grapes, crab-apples, or other sour fruit, expressed and formed into a liquor; formerly much used in cooking, as a condiment, or for medicinal purposes. Also in comparisons as, as sour (bitter, tart, etc.) as verjuice. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > additive > acid or tart flavouring > [noun] > juice of unripe fruit verjuice1302 the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medical preparations of specific origin > medicine composed of a plant > [noun] > general plant-derived medicines savineOE liquoricec1275 verjuice1302 sandragon1334 sugar roset1363 acaciaa1398 agnus castusa1398 sebestenc1400 socotrine aloesa1425 tapsimelc1425 valencec1425 aconitum?a1450 hypericum1471 cassia1543 guaiacum1553 guaiac1558 butcher's broom1578 solanum1578 liquorice-stick1580 symphonia1597 tabasheer1598 diascord1605 orange-bead1626 oxymel of squills1654 Japonic earth1673 terebinthina1693 terebinthinate1696 pareira brava1698 rhabarbarate1716 Japan earth1718 buglossate1725 squill1725 phytolacca1730 nettle juice1747 xanthoxyloïn1767 mustard whey1769 Jesuits' drops1783 digitalis1785 arnica1788 mel-rose1790 gallic acid1791 valerian1794 sacred elixir1797 drosera1801 Spanish juice1803 mudar1819 sabadilla1821 parillin1825 mudarin1829 salicin1830 sang1843 peppermint camphor1854 pareira1855 savanilla1856 euonymin1862 menthol1862 phytolaccin1864 alstonia1868 agoniadin1870 guimauve1870 gelsemium1875 iridin1879 hazeline1880 tub-camphor1880 echinacea1887 jacaranda1887 hamamelin1890 quillain1890 vieirin1893 thiolin1894 mentha camphor1902 hamamelis1910 phytohaemagglutinin1949 adaptogen1966 α. 1302–3 in F. R. Chapman Sacrist Rolls Ely (1907) II. 18 Pro j barillo ad verious. 14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 619 Viridis succus, veriuys. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 508/2 Veriowce, sawce, agresta. 1450–80 tr. Secreta Secret. 33 Make him drynke of verious and watir. a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xii. 115 A calf-lyuer skorde With the veryose: Good sawse, This is a restorité To make a good appeté. 1534 in E. Peacock Eng. Church Furnit. (1866) 187 A brake to make verioyce with. ?1543 T. Phaer tr. J. Goeurot Regiment of Lyfe ii. f. vi^v The iuce of purcelane, of plantayne, and vergiouce of grapes or crabbes. 1594 H. Plat Jewell House 71 Crabs after the veriuice is expressed from them. a1627 T. Middleton Women beware Women iii. iii, in 2 New Playes (1657) 162 Having a crabbed face of her own, she'll eat the less Verjuyce with her Mutton. 1657 J. Trapp Comm. Ezra vi. 13 II. 22 Their obedience was wrung out of them, as verjuice is out of a crab. 1738 G. Smith tr. Laboratory x. 232 Beat Pumice Stones to an impalpable Powder, and mix it up with Verjuice. 1749 D. Hartley Observ. Man i. ii. 124 The good Effects of Vinegar, Verjuice, Spirits of Wine, in Sprains. 1853 J. F. Royle Man. Materia Med. (ed. 2) 358 When unripe the fruit is remarkable for the harsh acidity of its juice, which is then called verjuice. 1881 Harper's Mag. July 266 To distort the face as if one were quaffing verjuice. figurative.c1616 R. C. Times' Whistle (1871) vi. 2526 They must have veriuice that will squeese such crabbes.1625 T. Middleton Game at Chæss v. iii 'S foot this Fat Bishop hath..so squelch'd and squeez'd me, I've no verjuice left in me.1662 H. Hibbert Syntagma Theologicum 269 Take heed of matching with one of the daughters of Heth; he that graffs into a crab-stock, is like never to want verjuice.β. 1349–50 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1899) II. 551 In 16 lag. de vergeous.1392 Earl Derby's Exped. (Camden) 155 Et pro viij galonibus vergws.a1400 Leg. Holy Rood viii. 175 Ȝit Moyses in Rule haþ rad, We schulde ete vr lomb in sour vergeous.c1430 Pilgr. Lyf Manhode (1869) ii. cxlvii. 134 I serue of vinegre and of vergeous, and of greynes þat ben soure.c1440 Douce MS. 55 f. 7 Then take..a quantite of vertious & saffron & salte & cast ther to.1463 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 23 A barell with wergoys, and a botel for wynne.1508 Bk. Keruynge (de Worde) sig. B.ii It ought for to be eten with grene garlyke or with sorell or tender vynes or vergyus in somer season.1558 W. Ward tr. G. Ruscelli Secretes Alexis of Piemount (1568) 65 b Boile it in iii glasses full of good vergeous or whyte wyne.1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry ii. f. 57 Some adde therevnto Vergius, or the iuyce of soure Grapes, to make the taste more tarte.γ. 1412–3 Abingdon Acc. (Camden) 75 De vuis..pro vergis inde fact'.c1425 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 662/13 Hoc ius uiride, warius [printed warins].1527 Luton Trin. Guild (1906) 186 Payd..for j galone of wargis.a1529 J. Skelton Magnyfycence (?1530) sig. Eiiii^v Somtyme parde I must vse largesse ye mary somtyme in a messe of vergesse.1557 in J. P. Earwaker Lancs. & Cheshire Wills (1884) 64 ij barrells to keepe varges in.1580 T. Tusser Fiue Hundred Pointes Good Husbandrie (new ed.) f. 22^v Be sure of vergis..so good for the kitchen.1610 G. Markham Maister-peece i. lxxi. 148 You shall then onely giue it a pint of strong verdges to drinke.1630 J. Taylor Praise, Antiqvitie, & Commoditie of Beggerie in Wks. i. 97/2 And for a Sauce he seldom is at Charges, For euery Crabtree, doth affoord him Vergis.1639 O. Wood Alphabet. Bk. Physicall Secrets 102 Make a posset of Varges or Vinigar and Milke, bath the joynt very hot therewith.1837 T. Hood Ode to Dr. Hahnemann 38 A drop of ‘varges’.1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words II. 375 As sour as vargis.1904 E. Step Wayside & Woodland Trees 103 Cyder is made from the rotting Crabs; also a kind of vinegar called verjuice or vargis. †b. In figurative phrases to crowd, crush, squeeze to verjuice. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > pressing, pressure, or squeezing > press, squeeze, or pinch [verb (intransitive)] > crush to crowd, crush, squeeze to verjuice1605 1605 Hist. Tryall Cheualry sig. C2^v And that sowre crab do but leere at thee, I shall squeeze him to vargis. a1625 J. Fletcher Island Princesse iii. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ooo2/2 They love a man that crushes 'em to verjuce. a1625 J. Fletcher Wife for Moneth ii. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Gggggg3/2 They have crowded me to Vergis, I sweat like a Butter-box. 2. In figurative use, with reference to the characteristic acidity or sourness of verjuice. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill-naturedness > sourness or bitterness of temper > [noun] gallc1175 sourness1482 fellc1494 acerbitya1538 tartness1548 acrimony1597 verjuice1598 vinegara1616 acidness1660 asperity1664 thorniness1674 acidity1687 acerbitude1727 acridity1753 vitriol1769 souredness1858 1598 E. Guilpin Skialetheia sig. C5 Oh how the varges from his blacke pen wrung, Would sauce the Idiome of the English tongue. 1598 E. Guilpin Skialetheia vi. sig. E2 To mittigate The sharp tart veriuice of his snap-haunce hate. 1631 B. Jonson Staple of Newes v. i. 97 in Wks. II Hang him, an austere grape, That has no iuice, but what is veriuice in him. 1685 J. Crowne Sir Courtly Nice i. 2 The Devil of envy suck'd it all out, and left verjuice in the roome. 1759 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1862) 2nd Ser. 543 To be sure there must be an infinite deal of verjuice in her composition! 1791 J. Wolcot Rights of Kings xviii, in Wks. (1816) II. 209 The heart should be a medlar, not a crab; Milk, and not Verjuice, from its fount should flow. 1825 W. Scott Betrothed vi, in Tales Crusaders II. 130 Raoul, glancing towards her a look of verjuice [etc.]. 1833 T. Hook Parson's Daughter II. xi. 219 Miss Budd, although she said nothing, looked vinegar and verjuice. 1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets iv. 101 The temper of his proposed son-in-law was a mixture of gall, wormwood, vinegar, verjuice, vitriol and nitric acid. Compounds attributive or as adj. a. Simple attributive, as verjuice barrel, verjuice bottle, verjuice brake, verjuice house, verjuice sauce, verjuice tub, verjuice vessel. ΚΠ 1432 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 91 A vergyous barell. c1450 Two Cookery Bks. 103 The sauce is vergyus sauce or sauce ginger. 1516–17 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1898) I. 106 Pro ostiis le Weriushouse. 1551–60 in H. Hall Society in Elizabethan Age (1887) 150 A verguys tubbe. 1578 in F. Collins Wills & Admin. Knaresborough Court Rolls (1902) I. 134 In the buttrie..a kitt, a vergious brake. 1588 in J. P. Earwaker Lancs. & Cheshire Wills (1893) 150 ij kneadinge tubes, iij cheises, ij verges barrells. 1629 Inventory Hatfield Priory in Trans. Essex Archæol. Soc. (1889) New Ser. 3 161 In the West Larder..8 vergis vessells. b. Passing into adjective in the sense of ‘bitter, sour, sour-looking’, as verjuice countenance, verjuice face, verjuice wit. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill-naturedness > sourness or bitterness of temper > [adjective] bitter?c1225 sour?c1225 envenomedc1375 envenomousa1420 crabbed1565 gallish1595 verjuice1598 vinegar-tart1599 soury1647 acrid1681 acrious1682 sourish1688 embittered1694 subacid1760 verjuiced1836 acidulent1837 vinaigrous1837 vinegar1847 vinegary1847 soured1848 acerbic1853 acidulous1865 acerbate1869 acerbitous1870 snake-headed1920 sour-pussed1952 1598 J. Marston Scourge of Villanie To Perusers sig. B4^v I dare defend my plainnes gainst the veriuyce face, of the crabbed'st Satyrist that euer stuttered. 1613 T. Heywood Brazen Age ii. iii She scarce will let me kisse her, But shee makes vergisse faces. a1652 R. Brome Court Begger ii. i. sig. O4^v, in Five New Playes (1653) Thou hast a verjuice wit. 1823 W. Scott Peveril I. vi. 162 A verjuice countenance..is no such temptation. 1853 W. J. Hickie tr. Aristophanes Comedies I. 12 You bear the basket prettily, with a verjuice face. †c. verjuice grape n. one or other variety of grape suitable for the making of verjuice (cf. quot. 1725 and French verjus a sour or green grape). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > edible berries > grape > type of labruscaa1398 muscadel1517 muscadine1598 olive grape1601 grapeletc1620 burlace1629 frontignaca1642 fox-grape1648 verjuice grape1648 muscat1655 morillon1691 muscatel1691 grapeling1694 chasselas1699 muscadella1707 frontignan1756 Morocco1763 Pineau1763 Malaga1769 wild grape1770 Nebbiolo1788 Macabeo1794 Malbec1833 Hamburg grape1838 muscadel1852 Concord grape1858 garnacha1860 sultana grape1861 Canaiolo1862 dyer1865 Sémillon1875 Bual1882 lady's finger1892 Grignolino1894 Tokay grape1896 Durif1897 Morocco grape1908 Viognier1908 gros Colmar1927 Montepulciano1927 Shiraz1927 Verdicchio1940 Cinsault1945 Müller-Thurgau1951 Mavrud1959 Pinotage1964 Mavron1965 Syrah1969 Parellada1979 1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Verjuys-bésien, verjus or Sowre grapes. 1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 1st Bk. Wks. xxv. 115 The great red grapes, the muscadine, the verjuice grape. 1664 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense 74 in Sylva The Verjuyce-grape excellent for sauce, &c. 1706 G. London & H. Wise Retir'd Gard'ner I. i. xi. 52 Having planted your Trees, you ought..to set some Chasselas, or Verjuice Grapes, about your Squares. 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique (at cited word) There are three sorts of Grapes to which they properly give the Name of Verjuice, viz. the Gouais, Farineus, and Bourdelas, otherwise le Grey; and 'tis from these three that they commonly press Verjuice. Derivatives ˈverjuice v. (transitive) to embitter, make sour. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > bitterness > [verb (transitive)] ranklec1487 infester1570 festering1615 rancour1654 verjuice1848 out-sharpen1864 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > unkindness > bitterness > make bitter [verb (transitive)] fester?1548 infester1570 embitter1635 rancour1654 verjuice1848 1848 J. R. Lowell Fable for Critics (1865) 217 His sermons with satire are plenteously verjuiced. 1892 W. G. Thorpe Still Life Mid. Temple 3 Sir John Key, where the inherent rhyme to ‘donkey’ verjuiced the baronetcy. ˈverjuiced adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill-naturedness > sourness or bitterness of temper > [adjective] bitter?c1225 sour?c1225 envenomedc1375 envenomousa1420 crabbed1565 gallish1595 verjuice1598 vinegar-tart1599 soury1647 acrid1681 acrious1682 sourish1688 embittered1694 subacid1760 verjuiced1836 acidulent1837 vinaigrous1837 vinegar1847 vinegary1847 soured1848 acerbic1853 acidulous1865 acerbate1869 acerbitous1870 snake-headed1920 sour-pussed1952 1836 W. H. Maxwell Capt. Blake xv The maid was a verjuiced spinster. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1302
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