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Webster 1913 Edition
Margent
Mar′gent
,Noun.
[OE. See
Margin
.] A margin; border; brink; edge.
[Obs.]
The beached
margent
of the sea. Shakespeare
Mar′gent
,Verb.
T.
To enter or note down upon the margin of a page; to margin.
[Obs.]
Mir. for Mag.
Definition 2024
margent
margent
English
Noun
margent (plural margents)
- (obsolete) margin; edge
- 1597, William Shakespeare, Love's Labour's Lost, V.ii
- Nothing but this! Yes, as much love in rime
- As would be cramm'd up in a sheet of paper
- Writ o' both sides the leaf, margent and all,
- That he was fain to seal on Cupid's name.
- 1597, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, I.iii
- Examine every married lineament,
- And see how one another lends content
- And what obscured in this fair volume lies
- Find written in the margent of his eyes.
- 1634, John Milton, Comus
- Sweet Echo, sweetest nymph, that liv'st unseen
- Within thy airy shell
- By slow Meander's margent green
- 1597, William Shakespeare, Love's Labour's Lost, V.ii