n. The vernacular language; one's mother tongue; often, the common forms of expression in a particular locality, opposed to
a. [ L. vernaculus born in one's house, native, fr. verna a slave born in his master's house, a native, probably akin to Skr. vas to dwell, E. was. ] Belonging to the country of one's birth; one's own by birth or nature; native; indigenous; -- now used chiefly of language;
His skill in the vernacular dialect of the Celtic tongue. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]
Which in our vernacular idiom may be thus interpreted. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A vernacular idiom. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The act or process of making vernacular, or the state of being made vernacular. Fitzed. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a vernacular manner; in the vernacular. Earle. [ 1913 Webster ]