VERTIE

also VAIRTIE, VERTY

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ETYMOLOGY
aphetic from averty (adj. well-advised, prudent, cautious; from Old French averti prudent, pa. pple. of avertir:—Latin advertĕre to turn attention to, advert)

EXAMPLE
From: Dr. Jamieson's Scottish Dictionary and Supplement, Vol. IV. 1841