vaunt-warde (A.N.) 430, _the avant-guard, the van_
veille (A.N.) 104, _an old woman_
vendage (A.N.) 391, _vintage, harvest_
venymousté (A.N.) 378, _the property of being poisonous or venomous_
venym (A.N.) 326, _poison_
vernycle (A.N.) 109, "diminutive of _Veronike_. A copy in miniature of the
picture of Christ, which is supposed to have been miraculously imprinted
upon a handkerchief, preserved in the church of St. Peter at Rome. Du
Cange, in v. _Veronica_. Madox, Form. Angl. p. 428. Testam. Joh. de Nevill,
an. 1386. Item Domino archiepiscopo Ebor. fratri meo. i. vestimentum rubeum
de velvet cum _le Veronike_ in granis rosarum desuper broudata. It was
usual for persons returning from pilgrimages to bring with them certain
tokens of the several places which they had visited; and therefore the
Pardoner [in Chaucer], who is just arrived from Rome, is represented with
_a vernicle sewed upon his cappe_."--TYRWHITT.
verrey (A.N.) 365, verrey, 405, _true_
verset (A.N.) 239, _a little verse_
viker (A.N.) 424, _a vicar_
vicory (A.N.) 420, _a vicar_