Prime vertical, Prime vertical dial. See under Prime, a.
Ver`ti*cal"i*ty (?), n. The quality or state of being vertical;
verticalness. [R.]
The different points of the verticality.
Sir T. Browne.
Ver"ti*cal*ly (?), adv. In a vertical manner, position, or direction;
perpendicularly; as, to look down vertically; to raise a thing
vertically.
Ver"ti*cal*ness, n. Quality or state of being vertical.
Ver"ti*cil (?), n. [L. verticillus, dim. of vertex a whirl: cf. F.
verticille. See Vertex.] (Bot.) A circle either of leaves or flowers
about a stem at the same node; a whorl. [Written also verticel.]
Ver`ti*cil*las"ter (?), a. [NL., fr. L. verticillus a whirl + aster a
star.] (Bot.) A whorl of flowers apparently of one cluster, but
composed of two opposite axillary cymes, as in mint. See Illust. of
Whorl.
{ Ver*tic"il*late (?; 277), Ver*tic"il*la`ted (?), } a. [See Verticil.]
(Bot. & Zoöl.) Arranged in a transverse whorl or whorls like the rays
of a wheel; as, verticillate leaves of a plant; a verticillate shell.
||Ver`ti*cil"lus (?), n. [L., a whirl.] (Bot.) A whorl; a verticil.
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Ver*tic"i*ty (?), n. [Cf. F. verticité. See Vertex.] The quality or
power of turning; revolution; rotation. [R.] Locke.
I hardly believe he hath from elder times unknown the verticity of the
loadstone.
Sir T. Browne.
Ver"ti*cle (?), n. [L. verticula a joint.] An axis; hinge; a turning
point. E. Waterhouse.
Ver*tig"i*nate (?), a. Turned round; giddy. [R.] Coleridge.
Ver*tig"i*nous (?), a. [L. vertiginosus, fr. vertigo a whirling around,
giddiness: cf. F. vertigineux. See Vertig&?;&?;.] 1. Turning round;
whirling; rotary; revolving; as, vertiginous motion.
Some vertiginous whirl of fortune.
De Quincey.