A
rod or staff, carried as an emblem of authority; as, the verge,
carried before a dean.
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.
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.
A virgate; a yardland.
A border, limit, or boundary of a space; an
edge, margin, or brink of something definite in extent.
A circumference; a circle; a ring.
The shaft of
a column, or a small ornamental shaft.
The spindle of a watch balance,
especially one with pallets, as in the old vertical escapement. See under
Escapement.
The edge or
outside of a bed or border.
The penis.
The external male organ of
certain mollusks, worms, etc. See Illustration in
Appendix.
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