Definition of verge

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Verge (n.) 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..

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Divergence :: Divergence (n.) Alt. of Divergenc.
Verger :: Verger (n.) The official who takes care of the interior of a church building.
Convergence :: Convergence (n.) Alt. of Convergenc.
Vergency :: Vergency (n.) The reciprocal of the focal distance of a lens, used as measure of the divergence or convergence of a pencil of rays..
Greencloth :: Greencloth (n.) A board or court of justice formerly held in the counting house of the British sovereign's household, composed of the lord steward and his officers, and having cognizance of matters of justice in the household, with power to correct offenders and keep the peace within the verge of the palace, which extends two hundred yards beyond the gates..
Deviate :: Deviate (v. i.) To go out of the way; to turn aside from a course or a method; to stray or go astray; to err; to digress; to diverge; to vary.
Verge :: Verge (n.) The edge of the tiling projecting over the gable of a roof.
Radiately :: Radiately (adv.) In a radiate manner; with radiation or divergence from a center.
Aberration :: Aberration (n.) The convergence to different foci, by a lens or mirror, of rays of light emanating from one and the same point, or the deviation of such rays from a single focus; called spherical aberration, when due to the spherical form of the lens or mirror, such form giving different foci for central and marginal rays; and chromatic aberration, when due to different refrangibilities of the colored rays of the spectrum, those of each color having a distinct focus..
Vergeboard :: Vergeboard (n.) The ornament of woodwork upon the gable of a house, used extensively in the 15th century. It was generally suspended from the edge of the projecting roof (see Verge, n., 4), and in position parallel to the gable wall. Called also bargeboard..
Converge :: Converge (v. t.) To cause to tend to one point; to cause to incline and approach nearer together.
Overget :: Overget (v. t.) To reach; to overtake; to pass.
Axil :: Axil (n.) The angle or point of divergence between the upper side of a branch, leaf, or petiole, and the stem or branch from which it springs..
Virge :: Virge (n.) A wand. See Verge.
Converge :: Converge (v. i.) To tend to one point; to incline and approach nearer together; as, lines converge..
Margin :: Margin (n.) A border; edge; brink; verge; as, the margin of a river or lake..
Myopia :: Myopia (n.) Nearsightedness; shortsightedness; a condition of the eye in which the rays from distant object are brought to a focus before they reach the retina, and hence form an indistinct image; while the rays from very near objects are normally converged so as to produce a distinct image. It is corrected by the use of a concave lens..
Verger :: Verger (n.) One who carries a verge, or emblem of office..
Diverge :: Diverge (v. i.) To extend from a common point in different directions; to tend from one point and recede from each other; to tend to spread apart; to turn aside or deviate (as from a given direction); -- opposed to converge; as, rays of light diverge as they proceed from the sun..
Marge :: Marge (n.) Border; margin; edge; verge.
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