vert

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)A green colour, now only in heraldry; represented in engraving by diagonal parallel lines 45 degrees counter-clockwise.

   “The field of the arms (shield), which is vert (green), represents the open country of Great Britain.”

2. (archaic, countable, uncountable)Green undergrowth or other vegetation growing in a forest, as a potential cover for deer.
3. (archaic, countable, uncountable)The right to fell trees or cut shrubs in a forest.

   ““I understand thee,” said the King, “and the Holy Clerk shall have a grant of vert and venison in my woods of Warncliffe.””

4. (colloquial)In sport, a type of bicycle stunt competition.
5. A vertical surface used by skateboarders or skiers.
6. (informal)Vertebrate.
7. (informal)Vertex.

adj

1. (not-comparable)In blazon, of the colour green.
2. (abbreviation, alt-of)Abbreviation of vertical.

verb

1. (archaic, literary)To turn.

   “Theſe are Ani-mad-versions indeed, when a Writer’s words are madly verted, inverted, perverted, againſt his true intent, and their Grammaticall ſenſe.”

   “Hippias not only came aboveground, he flew about in the very skies, verting like any blithe creature of the season.”

   “A lady had ulceration of the interior of the body of the uterus, which was not flexed or verted:[…].”

   “For instance, all of the muscles of the eyes may be relatively weak. The ducting or verting power is not as great as it should be.”