† verse-colouredadj.
Obsolete.
= versicoloured adj.
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turn-coat-coloured1567
verse-coloured1607
1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 57 The Chamæleon and Polypus-fish, are pilled or bare without haire, and therefore may more easily be verse-coloured.
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adj.1607- there is a time and place for everything
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