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Webster 1913 Edition
Verge
Verge
(vẽrj)
, Noun.
[F.
verge
, L. virga
; perhaps akin to E. wisp
.] 1.
A rod or staff, carried as an emblem of authority;
as, the
. verge
, carried before a dean2.
The stick or wand with which persons were formerly admitted tenants, they holding it in the hand, and swearing fealty to the lord. Such tenants were called tenants by the verge.
[Eng.]
3.
(Eng. Law)
The compass of the court of Marshalsea and the Palace court, within which the lord steward and the marshal of the king’s household had special jurisdiction; – so called from the verge, or staff, which the marshal bore.
4.
A virgate; a yardland.
[Obs.]
5.
A border, limit, or boundary of a space; an edge, margin, or brink of something definite in extent.
Even though we go to the extreme
verge
of possibility to invent a supposition favorable to it, the theory . . . implies an absurdity. J. S. Mill.
But on the horizon's
Hangs, touched with light, one snowy sail.
verge
descried,Hangs, touched with light, one snowy sail.
M. Arnold.
6.
A circumference; a circle; a ring.
The inclusive
Of golden metal that must round my brow.
verge
Of golden metal that must round my brow.
Shakespeare
7.
(Arch.)
(a)
The shaft of a column, or a small ornamental shaft.
Oxf. Gloss.
(b)
The edge of the tiling projecting over the gable of a roof.
Encyc. Brit.
8.
(Horol.)
The spindle of a watch balance, especially one with pallets, as in the old vertical escapement. See under
Escapement
. 9.
(Hort.)
(a)
The edge or outside of a bed or border.
(b)
A slip of grass adjoining gravel walks, and dividing them from the borders in a parterre.
10.
The penis.
11.
(Zool.)
The external male organ of certain mollusks, worms, etc. See Illustration in Appendix.
Syn. – Border; edge; rim; brim; margin; brink.
Verge
(vẽrj)
, Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Verged
(vẽrjd)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Verging
(vẽr′jĭng)
.] [L.
vergere
to bend, turn, incline; cf. Skr. vṛj
to turn.] 1.
To border upon; to tend; to incline; to come near; to approach.
2.
To tend downward; to bend; to slope;
as, a hill
. verges
to the northOur soul, from original instinct,
vergeth
towards him as its center. Barrow.
I find myself
verging
to that period of life which is to be labor and sorrow. Swift.
Webster 1828 Edition
Verge
VERGE
,Noun.
1.
A rod, or something in the form of a rod or staff, carried as an emblem of authority; the mace of a dean.2.
The stick or wand with which persons are admitted tenants, by holding it in the hand, and swearing fealty to the lord. On this account, such tenants are called tenants by the verge.3.
In law, the compass or extent of the king's court, within which is bounded the jurisdiction of the lord steward of the king's household; so called from the verge or staff which the marshal bears.4.
The extreme side or end of any thing which has some extent of length; the brink; edge; border; margin. [This seems to be immediately connected with the L. vergo.]5.
Among gardeners, the edge or outside of a border; also, a slip of grass adjoining to gravel-walks, and dividing them from the borders in the parterre-garden.6.
A part of a time piece.VERGE
,Verb.
I.
1.
To tend downwards; to bend; to slope; as, a hill verges to the north.2.
To tend; to incline; to approach.I find myself verging to that period of life which is to be labor and sorrow.
Definition 2024
vergé
vergé
See also: verge
French
Verb
vergé m (feminine singular vergée, masculine plural vergés, feminine plural vergées)
- past participle of verger
Adjective
vergé m (feminine singular vergée, masculine plural vergés, feminine plural vergées)
Related terms
Anagrams
Old French
Alternative forms
- vergee
Noun
vergé m (oblique plural vergez, nominative singular vergez, nominative plural vergé)
- virgate (measure of land)
Related terms
- verger verb noun
References
- vergé on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub