Meaning

A rod or staff of office, e.g. of a verger..

Definitions by Sense

1. A rod or staff of office, e.g. of a verger.
2. An edge or border.
3. (obsolete) The phallus.
4. An old measure of land: a virgate or yardland.
5. A circumference; a circle; a ring.
6. (architecture) The shaft of a column, or a small ornamental shaft.
7. (architecture) The eaves or edge of the roof that projects over the gable of a roof.
8. (horology) The spindle of a watch balance, especially one with pallets, as in the old vertical escapement.

Example Sentences

Even though we go to the extreme verge of possibility to invent a supposition favourable to it, the theory[…]implies an absurdity.

But on the horizon's verge descried, Hangs, touched with light, one snowy sail.

It was not far from the house; but the ground sank into a depression there, and the ridge of it behind shut out everything except just the roof of the tallest hayrick. As one sat on the sward behind the elm, with the back turned on the rick and nothing in front but the tall elms and the oaks in the other hedge, it was quite easy to fancy it the verge of the prairie with the backwoods close by.

The inclusive verge Of golden metal that must round my brow.

The smaller ribs of tiles that run down to the eaves, along the ridges in a hip-roof, or border the verge in a gable-roof , often terminate in some ornamental tile in high-relief .

Eating blowfish verges on insanity.

Word Forms

• verges
• verging
• verged

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When Should You Use Verge?

Use verge when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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