Defn: Having a brilliantly polished surface, as some leaves.
VERNIER
Ver"ni*er, n. Etym: [So named after the inventor, Pierre Vernier.]
Defn: A short scale made to slide along the divisions of a graduated instrument, as the limb of a sextant, or the scale of a barometer, for indicating parts of divisions. It is so graduated that a certain convenient number of its divisions are just equal to a certain number, either one less or one more, of the divisions of the instrument, so that parts of a division are determined by observing what line on the vernier coincides with a line on the instrument. Vernier calipers, Vernier gauge, a gauge with a graduated bar and a sliding jaw bearing a vernier, used for accurate measurements. — Vernier compass, a surveyor's compass with a vernier for the accurate adjustment of the zero point in accordance with magnetic variation. — Vernier transit, a surveyor's transit instrument with a vernier compass.
VERNILE
Ver"nile, a. Etym: [L. vernilis servile. See Vernacular.]
Defn: Suiting a salve; servile; obsequious. [R.]
The example . . . of vernile scurrility. De Quincey.
VERNILITY
Ver*nil"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. vernilitas.]
Defn: Fawning or obsequious behavior; servility. [R.] Bailey.
VERNINE
Ver"nine, n. Etym: [Vernal + -ine.] (Chem.)
Defn: An alkaloid extracted from the shoots of the vetch, red clover, etc., as a white crystalline substance.
VERNISH
Ver"nish, n. & v.