Definition of verge

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Verge (n.) A rod or staff, carried as an emblem of authority; as, the verge, carried before a dean..

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Converged :: Converged (imp. & p. p.) of Converg.
Diverging :: Diverging (a.) Tending in different directions from a common center; spreading apart; divergent.
Verger :: Verger (n.) A garden or orchard.
Verge :: Verge (v. i.) To tend downward; to bend; to slope; as, a hill verges to the north..
Verge :: Verge (n.) The penis.
Top :: Top (n.) Eve; verge; point.
Verge :: Verge (n.) A circumference; a circle; a ring.
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..
Divergent :: Divergent (a.) Receding farther and farther from each other, as lines radiating from one point; deviating gradually from a given direction; -- opposed to convergent..
Homogeny :: Homogeny (n.) The correspondence of common descent; -- a term used to supersede homology by Lankester, who also used homoplasy to denote any superinduced correspondence of position and structure in parts embryonically distinct (other writers using the term homoplasmy). Thus, there is homogeny between the fore limb of a mammal and the wing of a bird; but the right and left ventricles of the heart in both are only in homoplasy with each other, these having arisen independently since the divergence
Rhipidoglossa :: Rhipidoglossa (n. pl.) A division of gastropod mollusks having a large number of long, divergent, hooklike, lingual teeth in each transverse row. It includes the scutibranchs. See Illustration in Appendix..
Verge :: Verge (n.) The external male organ of certain mollusks, worms, etc. See Illustration in Appendix..
Divergement :: Divergement (n.) Divergence.
Verge :: Verge (n.) A virgate; a yardland.
Knight Marshal :: Knight marshal () An officer in the household of the British sovereign, who has cognizance of transgressions within the royal household and verge, and of contracts made there, a member of the household being one of the parties..
Divarication :: Divarication (n.) A separation into two parts or branches; a forking; a divergence.
Vergette :: Vergette (a.) Divided by pallets, or pales; paly..
Brink :: Brink (n.) The edge, margin, or border of a steep place, as of a precipice; a bank or edge, as of a river or pit; a verge; a border; as, the brink of a chasm. Also Fig..
Point :: Point (n.) An indivisible portion of time; a moment; an instant; hence, the verge..
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..
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