Definition for VER-TIC'I-TY

VER-TIC'I-TY, n. [from vertex, supra.]

  1. The power of turning; revolution; rotation . – Locke.
  2. That property of the lodestone by which it turns to some particular point. The attraction of the magnet was known long before its verticity. – Cyc.

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