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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

virgatus

made of twigs, fr.

virga

a twig, rod. See

a rod.]

(Bot.)

Having the form of a straight rod; wand-shaped; straight and slender.

Noun.

[LL.

virgata

virgata terrae

, so much land as

virga terrae

, a land measure, contains, fr. L.

virga

a twig, rod.]

A yardland, or measure of land varying from fifteen to forty acres.

[Obs.]

T. Warton.

Adj.

nearly vurgate. [L. virga, a rod.]

In botany, having the shape of a rod or wand; as a virgate stem.

Noun.

A yardland.