verticadj.

Forms: Also 1600s vertick.

Etymology: Irregular shortening of vertical adj., after tropic, etc.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈvertic.

poetic.

Vertical, esp. of the sun.

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the world > space > relative position > vertical position > [adjective]

plumb rightc1445

perpendiculara1450

plumba1500

downright1530

straight-upc1590

vertic1607

up and downc1710

vertical1725

the world > the universe > sun > position > [adjective]

perigeal1754

vertic1762

1607 W. Barksted Mirrha sig. D2 Thus much the Goddesse of the floods doth deign To change thy shape, into a vertick flower.

1762 W. Falconer Shipwreck i. 10 While Phœbus down the vertic' circle glides.

a1769 Falconer Occas. Elegy ix Unfelt by you the vertic sun may glow.

1800 T. Sanderson Orig. Poems 9 Where vertic suns, that torrid fervour pour, Check the grove's music and the vernal flow'r.

1876 J. Ellis Caesar in Egypt 79 Their sacred Well, One day illumined by the vertic Sun.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	vertic
释义	verticadj. Forms: Also 1600s vertick. Etymology: Irregular shortening of vertical adj., after tropic, etc.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈvertic. poetic. Vertical, esp. of the sun. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > vertical position > [adjective] plumb rightc1445 perpendiculara1450 plumba1500 downright1530 straight-upc1590 vertic1607 up and downc1710 vertical1725 the world > the universe > sun > position > [adjective] perigeal1754 vertic1762 1607 W. Barksted Mirrha sig. D2 Thus much the Goddesse of the floods doth deign To change thy shape, into a vertick flower. 1762 W. Falconer Shipwreck i. 10 While Phœbus down the vertic' circle glides. a1769 Falconer Occas. Elegy ix Unfelt by you the vertic sun may glow. 1800 T. Sanderson Orig. Poems 9 Where vertic suns, that torrid fervour pour, Check the grove's music and the vernal flow'r. 1876 J. Ellis Caesar in Egypt 79 Their sacred Well, One day illumined by the vertic Sun. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1607
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