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Vert vs Wert - What's the difference?

vert | wert |

In archaic terms the difference between vert and wert

is that vert is the right to fell trees or cut shrubs in a forest while wert is form of be|lang=en.

As an abbreviation vert

is vertebrate.

As a noun vert

is a green colour, now only in heraldry; represented in engraving by diagonal parallel lines 45 degrees counter-clockwise.

As an adjective vert

is in blazon, of the colour green.

As a verb wert is

form of be|lang=en.

vert

English

(wikipedia vert)

Abbreviation

(Abbreviation) (en-abbr)
  • vertebrate
  • vertical
  • Etymology 1

    , from (etyl) (m).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (label) A green colour, now only in heraldry; represented in engraving by diagonal parallel lines 45 degrees counter-clockwise.
  • (label) Green undergrowth or other vegetation growing in a forest, as a potential cover for deer.
  • (label) The right to fell trees or cut shrubs in a forest.
  • :* 1819': “I understand thee,” said the King, “and the Holy Clerk shall have a grant of '''vert and venison in my woods of Warncliffe.” — Walter Scott, ''Ivanhoe
  • See also
    * vt. in heraldic contexts.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (label) In blazon, of the colour green.
  • Etymology 2

    Abbreviation of (vertical).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (label) In sport, a type of bicycle stunt competition.
  • A vertical surface used by skateboarders or skiers.
  • See also

    *

    Anagrams

    * * ----

    wert

    English

    Verb

  • (archaic)
  • * 1611 , The Bible, King James (Authorised) Version , (first & last usages),
  • Job 8:6 "If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, ..."
    Revelation 3:15 "I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot."
  • * 1820 , Percy Bysshe Shelley, To A Skylark , (first two lines of ode),
  • "Hail to thee, blithe Spirit! Bird thou never wert, ..."

    Synonyms

    * were (used with "you" )

    References

    * *

    See also

    * am * are * is * art * be * being * been * beest * was * wast * were