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vertical
1559, "of or at the vertex, directly overhead," from M.Fr.
vertical
(1545), from L.L.
verticalis
"overhead," from L.
vertex
(gen.
verticis
) "highest point" (see
vertex
). Meaning "straight up and down" is first recorded 1704.
