English Dictionary

A rod or staff, carried as an emblem of authority; as, the verge, carried before a dean.
Source : opted (168853)  - auto

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.
Source : opted (168854)  - auto

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.
Source : opted (168855)  - auto

A virgate; a yardland.
Source : opted (168856)  - auto

A border, limit, or boundary of a space; an edge, margin, or brink of something definite in extent.
Source : opted (168857)  - auto

A circumference; a circle; a ring.
Source : opted (168858)  - auto

The shaft of a column, or a small ornamental shaft.
Source : opted (168859)  - auto

The edge of the tiling projecting over the gable of a roof.
Source : opted (168860)  - auto

The spindle of a watch balance, especially one with pallets, as in the old vertical escapement. See under Escapement.
Source : opted (168861)  - auto

The edge or outside of a bed or border.
Source : opted (168862)  - auto