noun A rod or staff of office, e.g. of a verger. The stick or wand with which persons were formerly admitted tenants, by holding it in the hand and swearing fealty to the lord. Such tenants were called tenants by the verge.
noun The stick or wand with which persons were formerly admitted tenants, by holding it in the hand and swearing fealty to the lord. Such tenants were called tenants by the verge.
noun An edge or border. The grassy area between the footpath and the street; a tree lawn; a grassed strip running alongside either side of an outback road.
I was on the verge of tears.
noun The grassy area between the footpath and the street; a tree lawn; a grassed strip running alongside either side of an outback road.
noun An extreme limit beyond which something specific will happen.
I was on the verge of tears.
noun The phallus. The external male organ of certain mollusks, worms, etc.
noun The external male organ of certain mollusks, worms, etc.
noun An old measure of land: a virgate or yardland.