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Meaning
Noun
●
A
rod
or
staff
of
office
, e.g. of a verger.
●
In British English:
A
rod
or
staff
of
office
, e.g. of a verger.
The
stick
or
wand
with which
persons
were formerly
admitted
tenants
, by
holding it
in the hand
and
swearing
fealty
to the
lord
. Such
tenants
were called
tenants
by the verge.
●
In Australian English, British English, New Zealand English & Roads:
An
edge
or border.
The
grassy
area between the
footpath
and the
street
; a
tree lawn
; a
grassed
strip
running
alongside
either
side
of an
outback
road.
●
An
edge
or border.
An
extreme
limit
beyond which something specific will happen.
●
The phallus.
●
In Zoology:
The phallus.
The
external
male organ
of certain
mollusks
,
worms
, etc.
●
An
old
measure
of
land
: a
virgate
or yardland.
●
A
circumference
; a
circle
; a ring.
●
In Architecture:
The
shaft
of a
column
, or a small
ornamental
shaft
.
●
In Architecture:
The
eaves
or
edge
of the
roof
that
projects
over the
gable
of a
roof
.
●
The
spindle
of a
watch
balance
, especially one with
pallets
,
as in
the
old
vertical
escapement.
Verb
●
To be or come very
close
; to
border
; to approach.
●
To
bend
or
incline
; to
tend
downward
; to slope.
Name
●
A surname.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
verge
English
verge
Middle French (ca. 1400-1600)
vergo
Latin
Sourced from
Etym
Related
Cusp
Precipice
Border
Road
Horizon
Sidewalk
Midst
Pavement
Fringes
Outskirts
Fence
Vanguard
Frontlines
Sidelines
Upswing
Possibility
Frontline
Forefront
Prospect
Google
Bloomberg
Lookout
Throes
Wrong Side
Tail End
Fast Track
Opposite Side
Cutting Edge
More
Rhymes
Urge
Merge
Surge
Verge
Purge
Gurge
Emerge
Spurge
Scourge
Splurge
Diverge
Asperge
Absterge
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