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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Verded, ppl. adj. [Late ME uerd (c1450), the colour green, verd (1603), verdancy.] ? Verdant; made green. —1618 Lithgow Poet. Remains 28.
What art thou worlde? … Thy verded face, contaminates thy proouer, And with false showes [etc.] … Thou seem'st without more brighter than the golde Ten thousand vales of glistring showes decore thee [etc.]
