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• vernicle — or vernacle noun Etymology: Middle English vernicle, from Anglo French, alteration of Middle French veronique, veronicle, from Medieval Latin veronica Date: 14th century veronica II …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• bague — [ bag ] n. f. • wage 1360; p. ê. du moy. néerl. bagge « anneau » 1 ♦ Anneau que l on met au doigt (⇒ alliance, anneau, jonc), spécialt lorsqu il est orné. Var. arg. BAGOUSE [ baguz ]. Porter une bague au doigt. Bague de fiançailles. Tête d une… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• Veronica — fem. proper name, a variant of Gk. Berenike (see BERENICE (Cf. Berenice)). The popular Saint Veronica (not in the Roman Martyrology) traditionally was a pious woman who wiped the face of Christ when he fell carrying the cross to Calvary. The… …   Etymology dictionary

• ver|ni|cle — «VUR nih kuhl», noun. = veronica1 (def. 2). (Cf. ↑veronica) Also, vernacle. ╂[< Old French vernicle, variant of veronicle, veronique < Medieval Latin Veronica; see etym. under veronica1 (Cf. ↑veronica)] …   Useful english dictionary