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n. A rod, or something in the form of a rod or staff, carried as an emblem of authority or ensign of office; the mace of a bishop, dean, or other functionary.
n. A 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.
n. In architecture: The shaft of a column; a small ornamental shaft, The edge of the tiling projecting over the gable of a roof, that on the horizontal part being called eaves.
n. The spindle of the balance-wheel of a watch, especially that of the old vertical movement.
n. An accentmark.
n. A quantity of land, from 15 to 30 acres; a yard-land; a virgate.
n. The extreme side or edge of anything; the brink; edge; border; margin.
n. The horizon.
n. A boundary; a limit; hence, anything that incloses or bounds, as a ring or circlet.
n. The space within a boundary or limit; hence, room; scope; place; opportunity.
n. In English law, the compass of the jurisdiction of the Court of Marshalsea, or palace-court. It was an area of about twelve miles in circumference, embracing the royal palace, in which special provisions were made for peace and order.
n. In a stocking-frame, a small piece of iron placed in front, of the needle-bar to regulate the position of the needles.
n. In anatomy and zoology, the penis, especially that of various invertebrates.
n. In horticulture, the grass edging of a bed or border; a slip of grass dividing the walks from the borders in a garden.
n. The main beam of the trebuchet, a missile engine used in medieval warfare
To border.
To bend; slope: as, a hill that verges to the north.
To tend; incline; approach; border.