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vert

1. Everything that grows, and bears a green leaf, within the forest; as, to preserve vert and venison is the duty of the verderer. The right or privilege of cutting growing wood.

2. The colour green, represented in a drawing or engraving by parallel lines sloping downward toward the right.

Origin: F, green, from L. Viridis. See Verdant, and cf. Verd.