▪ I. † ˈverticle
erron. f. vertical a. and n. Obs.
| 1611 Cotgr., Azimuth, an Azimuth, or Verticle circle, which discends from the Zenith. 1653 Waterhouse Apol. Learning 51 Now grows Our Nation to its Zenith: Fame is no friend to Continuance; the Verticle is near, when Admiration from abroad, and Luxury at home, threaten our Change. |
▪ II. † ˈverticle Obs. rare.
[ad. L. verticula, -us, -um joint, vertebra, dim. of vertex vertex, or OF. verticule (rare) vertebra.]
A vertebra.
| 1658 A. Fox Würtz' Surg. v. 363 Some Childrens back bone have I seen crackt in two, and the verticles thereof were disjoyned. |