Definition of verge

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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..

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Vergette :: Vergette (a.) Divided by pallets, or pales; paly..
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..
Divergement :: Divergement (n.) Divergence.
Potance :: Potance (n.) The stud in which the bearing for the lower pivot of the verge is made.
Infurcation :: Infurcation (n.) A forked exlpansion or divergence; a bifurcation; a branching.
Divaricate :: Divaricate (v. i.) To diverge; to be divaricate.
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 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..
Verge :: Verge (n.) A virgate; a yardland.
Radiately :: Radiately (adv.) In a radiate manner; with radiation or divergence from a center.
Convergent :: Convergent (a.) tending to one point of focus; tending to approach each other; converging.
Verge :: Verge (n.) The external male organ of certain mollusks, worms, etc. See Illustration in Appendix..
Converging :: Converging (a.) Tending to one point; approaching each other; convergent; as, converging lines..
Verger :: Verger (n.) An attendant upon a dignitary, as on a bishop, a dean, a justice, etc..
Convergency :: Convergency (n.) The condition or quality of converging; tendency to one point.
Devergency :: Devergency (n.) See Divergence.
Edge :: Edge (v. t.) Any sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; extreme verge; as, the edge of a table, a precipice..
Divarication :: Divarication (n.) A divergence of lines of color sculpture, or of fibers at different angles..
Corradiate :: Corradiate (v. t.) To converge to one point or focus, as light or rays..
Vergette :: Vergette (n.) A small pale.
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