Obs. Also 6 vardar. [var. of VERDOUR1, with weakened ending on the analogy of agent-nouns in -our, -er, -ar.]

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  1.  = VERDOUR1 2, VERDURE 3: a. In plural.

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1500.  Inv., in Ann. Reg. (1768), II. 134. One dozen of cushions of verders stuffed with feathers.

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1542.  in Harrison, Ann. Old Manor Ho. (1893), 207. vij peces of smale verders storyed with bests & ffowles; iiij peces of verders paued with redd and white.

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1547.  in Kempe, Losely MSS. (1836), 152. Sixe longe carpytts of grene vardars, with flowers lyned with canvys.

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1660.  in Statutes of Realm (1819), V. 198/1. Verders of Tapistry with haire.

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1662.  in Stat. at Large, Ireland (1765), II. 417. Verders Tapistry, containing eight or ten ells with hair.

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  b.  In singular.

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1522–3.  Inv., in Archaeol. (1860), XXXVIII. 364. A counterpaynt of verder and a pleyn cubborde. Ibid., ijo gret cownterpoyntes of verder.

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1535–6.  in Dugdale, Monast. Angl. (1823), IV. 542. One chare of lether frynged with one cuysshon of verder.

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1594.  Inv., in Archaeol. (1884), XLVIII. 126. Item two wollen blancketes and a coveringe of verdere xl s.

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  2.  = VERDURE 4. rare–1.

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1532.  More, Confut. Tindale, Wks. 357/1. That the olde holsome wine … offend their dronken taste, because it is not so walowe swete but drinketh more of the verder.

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