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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..

Decomposed :: Decomposed (a.) Separated or broken up; -- said of the crest of birds when the feathers are divergent.

Devergency :: Devergency (n.) See Divergence.

Tetel :: Tetel (n.) A large African antelope (Alcelaphus tora). It has widely divergent, strongly ringed horns..

Marge :: Marge (n.) Border; margin; edge; verge.

Verge :: Verge (v. i.) To tend downward; to bend; to slope; as, a hill verges to the north..

Bargeboard :: Bargeboard (n.) A vergeboard.

Verger :: Verger (n.) One who carries a verge, or emblem of office..

Corradiate :: Corradiate (v. t.) To converge to one point or focus, as light or rays..

Sea Holly :: Sea holly () An evergeen seashore plant (Eryngium maritimum). See Eryngium.

Diverging :: Diverging (a.) Tending in different directions from a common center; spreading apart; divergent.

Verge :: Verge (n.) The shaft of a column, or a small ornamental shaft..

To :: To (prep.) In a very general way, and with innumerable varieties of application, to connects transitive verbs with their remoter or indirect object, and adjectives, nouns, and neuter or passive verbs with a following noun which limits their action. Its sphere verges upon that of for, but it contains less the idea of design or appropriation; as, these remarks were addressed to a large audience; let us keep this seat to ourselves; a substance sweet to the taste; an event painful to the mind; duty

Vergette :: Vergette (n.) A small pale.

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..

Divergement :: Divergement (n.) Divergence.

Converge :: Converge (v. t.) To cause to tend to one point; to cause to incline and approach nearer together.

About :: About (prep.) On the point or verge of; going; in act of.

Divaricate :: Divaricate (v. i.) To diverge; to be divaricate.

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..

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