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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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..
Divergement :: Divergement (n.) Divergence.
Obliquity :: Obliquity (n.) The condition of being oblique; deviation from a right line; deviation from parallelism or perpendicularity; the amount of such deviation; divergence; as, the obliquity of the ecliptic to the equator..
Vergency :: Vergency (n.) The act of verging or approaching; tendency; approach.
Convergence :: Convergence (n.) Alt. of Convergenc.
Converging :: Converging (a.) Tending to one point; approaching each other; convergent; as, converging lines..
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..
Extreme :: Extreme (n.) The utmost point or verge; that part which terminates a body; extremity.
Decomposed :: Decomposed (a.) Separated or broken up; -- said of the crest of birds when the feathers are divergent.
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..
Verge :: Verge (v. i.) To tend downward; to bend; to slope; as, a hill verges to the north..
Divarication :: Divarication (n.) A divergence of lines of color sculpture, or of fibers at different angles..
Divergency :: Divergency (n.) A receding from each other in moving from a common center; the state of being divergent; as, an angle is made by the divergence of straight lines..
Divaricate :: Divaricate (v. i.) To diverge; to be divaricate.
Divergent :: Divergent (a.) Causing divergence of rays; as, a divergent lens..
Verge :: Verge (n.) The shaft of a column, or a small ornamental shaft..
Verge :: Verge (n.) The spindle of a watch balance, especially one with pallets, as in the old vertical escapement. See under Escapement..
Convergency :: Convergency (n.) The condition or quality of converging; tendency to one point.
Verger :: Verger (n.) One who carries a verge, or emblem of office..
Verge :: Verge (n.) A rod or staff, carried as an emblem of authority; as, the verge, carried before a dean..
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