a. (Chem.) Pertaining to
a.
a. Excessively nice; fastidious. Bp. Hall. --
n. The fore part of the night last past; the previous evening. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv.
I had been telling her all that happened overnight. Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Ocurring or accomplished during one night;
n. A feasting at taverns. [ Obs. ] “The misrule of our tavernings.” Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A Veronica. See Veronica, 1. [ Obs. ] Piers Plowman. [ 1913 Webster ]
A vernicle had he sowed upon his cap. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ See Varnish. ] (Bot.) Having a brilliantly polished surface, as some leaves. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ So named after the inventor, Pierre
Vernier calipers,
Vernier gauge
Vernier compass,
Vernier transit,
a. [ L. vernilis servile. See Vernacular. ] Suiting a slave; servile; obsequious. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
The example . . . of vernile scurrility. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. vernilitas. ] Fawning or obsequious behavior; servility. [ R. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Vernal + -ine. ] (Chem.) An alkaloid extracted from the shoots of the vetch, red clover, etc., as a white crystalline substance. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. & v. Varnish. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]