verge

English

/vɜːd͡ʒ/, /vɝd͡ʒ/

noun
Definitions
  • A rod or staff of office, e.g. of a verger.
  • An edge or border.
  • (obsolete) The phallus.
  • An old measure of land: a virgate or yardland.
  • A circumference; a circle; a ring.
  • (architecture) The shaft of a column, or a small ornamental shaft.
  • (architecture) The edge of the tiling projecting over the gable of a roof.
  • (horology) The spindle of a watch balance, especially one with pallets, as in the old vertical escapement.

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French verge (rod wand of office) derived from Latin virga (twig, stick, rod, shoot, slender green branch, rod stick, switch, staff, branch).

Origin

Latin

virga

Gloss

twig, stick, rod, shoot, slender green branch, rod stick, switch, staff, branch

Concept
Semantic Field

Agriculture and vegetation

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

棒

Emoji

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