Hypertext Webster Gateway: "vert"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Vert \Vert\, n. [F., green, from L. viridis. See {Verdant}, and
cf. {Verd}.]
1. (Eng. Forest Law)
(a) Everything that grows, and bears a green leaf, within
the forest; as, to preserve vert and venison is the
duty of the verderer.
(b) The right or privilege of cutting growing wood.
2. (Her.) The color green, represented in a drawing or
engraving by parallel lines sloping downward toward the
right.
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