Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A Russian measure of linear distance equivalent to about two thirds of a mile.
from The Century Dictionary.
- A simplified spelling of
versed . - noun A Russian measure of length, containing 3,500 English feet, or very nearly two thirds of an English mile, and somewhat more than a kilometer.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A Russian measure of length containing 3,500 English feet.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A Russian unit of
length , equivalent to about 1.07 kilometres or about 2/3 of a mile.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a Russian unit of length (1.067 km)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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‡ A verst is a measure of length, about 3500 English feet.
A Hero of Our Time 2003
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[2] A verst is a measure of length, about 3500 English feet.
A Hero of Our Time 1916
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Yanansk, Dankov; partly through the Russian words, such as verst
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[Footnote 1: A retail shop and tavern combined.] [Footnote 2: A verst is a measure of length, about 3500 English feet.] [Footnote 3: Ermolov, i.e. General Ermolov.
A Hero of Our Time Mikhail Yurevich Lermontov 1827
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The author of this article, me, Chris Burns, is verst only in the small-time wheatpasting technique and small-town spraypainting.
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When I think about our country, how we have thrown away our Constitution, turned our backs against those who needed our help, forced our industrial-military complex down the throats of everyone living in the Third World, promoted racism and militarism throughout the world, then I remember the shortest verst in the Bible: Jesus wept.
Think Progress » Taking Out the Trash: Cheney Directly Involved In Leak Scandal 2005
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Lord of ladders, what for lungitube I Can you read the verst legend hereon?
Finnegans Wake 2006
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This time I continued out the village gate and less than a verst up the road to the vineyards.
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This time I continued out the village gate and less than a verst up the road to the vineyards.
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On one of them sat tall Yankel, his long, curling ear-locks flowing from beneath his Jewish cap, as he bounced about on the horse, like a verst-mark planted by the roadside.
Taras Bulba 2003
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