Definitions
1.nounA rod or staff of office, e.g. of a verger.
2.nounAn edge or border.
3.nounThe phallus.
4.nounAn old measure of land: a virgate or yardland.
5.nounA circumference; a circle; a ring.
6.nounThe shaft of a column, or a small ornamental shaft.
7.nounThe edge of the tiling projecting over the gable of a roof.
8.nounThe spindle of a watch balance, especially one with pallets, as in the old vertical escapement.