Definition of verge

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Verge (v. i.) To border upon; to tend; to incline; to come near; to approach.

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Verge :: 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..
Border :: Border (n.) The outer part or edge of anything, as of a garment, a garden, etc.; margin; verge; brink..
Verge :: Verge (v. i.) To tend downward; to bend; to slope; as, a hill verges to the north..
Divarication :: Divarication (n.) A separation into two parts or branches; a forking; a divergence.
Verge :: Verge (n.) The edge of the tiling projecting over the gable of a roof.
Verge :: Verge (n.) The stick or wand with which persons were formerly admitted tenants, they holding it in the hand, and swearing fealty to the lord. Such tenants were called tenants by the verge..
Divergent :: Divergent (a.) Fig.: Disagreeing from something given; differing; as, a divergent statement..
Verger :: Verger (n.) The official who takes care of the interior of a church building.
Verge :: Verge (n.) The shaft of a column, or a small ornamental shaft..
Aberrate :: Aberrate (v. i.) To go astray; to diverge.
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..
Verge :: Verge (n.) The spindle of a watch balance, especially one with pallets, as in the old vertical escapement. See under Escapement..
Verge :: Verge (n.) A rod or staff, carried as an emblem of authority; as, the verge, carried before a dean..
Verge :: Verge (n.) The penis.
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..
Diverge :: Diverge (v. i.) To differ from a typical form; to vary from a normal condition; to dissent from a creed or position generally held or taken.
Devergence :: Devergence (n.) Alt. of Devergenc.
Divergement :: Divergement (n.) Divergence.
Divaricate :: Divaricate (v. i.) To diverge; to be divaricate.
Marge :: Marge (n.) Border; margin; edge; verge.
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