Obs. rare. [f. L. vers-, ppl. stem of vertĕre to turn (cf. reversal), associated with VERSE sb.] = VERSIFICATION 3.
1657. Bampfield, in Burton’s Diary (1828), II. 222. Such … as they shall think fit to advise with, concerning the best versal of the Psalms. Ibid. The amendment of Mr. Sternhold and Mr. Hopkins’s Versal of the Psalms.
