'Vernicle' definitions:
Definition of 'Vernicle'
From: GCIDE
- Vernicle \Ver"ni*cle\, n. A Veronica. See Veronica, 1. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman. [1913 Webster]
- A vernicle had he sowed upon his cap. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Vernicle'
From: GCIDE
- Veronica \Ve*ron"i*ca\, n. [LL.; -- so called from Veronica, a woman who, according to an old legend, as Christ was carrying the cross, wiped his face with a cloth, which received an impression of his countenance; Veronica is fr. MGr. Beroni`kh, fr. Macedonian Bereni`kh, for Gr. Fereni`kh, literally, carrying off victory, victorious.]
- 1. A portrait or representation of the face of our Savior on the alleged handkerchief of Saint Veronica, preserved at Rome; hence, a representation of this portrait, or any similar representation of the face of the Savior. Formerly called also Vernacle, and Vernicle. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Bot.) A genus of scrophulariaceous plants; the speedwell. See Speedwell. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Several herbaceous species are common in both Europe and America, most of which have small blue flowers. A few shrubby species from New Zealand are sometimes found in cultivation. [1913 Webster]