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1.NounA 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.
2.NounThe 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.
3.NounAn 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."I was on the verge of tears."
4.NounThe grassy area between the footpath and the street; a tree lawn; a grassed strip running alongside either side of an outback road.
5.NounAn extreme limit beyond which something specific will happen."I was on the verge of tears."
6.NounThe phallus.
The external male organ of certain mollusks, worms, etc.
7.NounThe external male organ of certain mollusks, worms, etc.
8.NounAn old measure of land: a virgate or yardland.
9.NounA circumference; a circle; a ring.
10.NounThe shaft of a column, or a small ornamental shaft.
11.NounThe eaves or edge of the roof that projects over the gable of a roof.
12.NounThe spindle of a watch balance, especially one with pallets, as in the old vertical escapement.
13.VerbTo be or come very close; to border; to approach."Eating blowfish verges on insanity."
14.VerbTo bend or incline; to tend downward; to slope.