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Look up: Verge

  1. verge
    [n] - the limit beyond which something happens or changes 2. [n] - (British) a grass border along a road 3. [v] - border on
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Verge
    The oldest and longest-lived of all escapements, invented (probably before 1300) for large wrought-iron church clocks and successfully applied, almost without change, in 18th-century French watches an inch or less in diameter.   Verge watches are notoriously inaccurate, tending to run very fast;  Ca
    Found on http://www.timtemplewatches.com/informat

  3. Verge
    The edge of a roof that runs from eaves to ridge at a gable The verge is usually cement pointed.
    Found on http://www.interbuilders.co.uk/glossary/

  4. Verge
    The edge of a roof at the gable.
    Found on http://www.selfbuildabc.co.uk/self-build

  5. Verge
    The edge of a roof at the gable.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20704

  6. Verge
    Verge noun [ French verge , Latin virga ; perhaps akin to English wisp .] 1. A rod or staff, carried as an emblem of authority; as, the verge , carried before a dean. 2. The stick or wand with which persons ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/V/16

  7. Verge
    Verge intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Verged ; present participle & verbal noun Verging .] [ Latin vergere to bend, turn, incline; confer Sanskrit v...j to tu...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/V/16

  8. verge
    1. A rod or staff, carried as an emblem of authority; as, the verge, carried before a dean. ... 2. 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. ... 3. The compass of t...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  9. verge
    brink noun the limit beyond which something happens or changes; `on the verge of tears`; `on the brink of bankruptcy`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  10. verge
    noun a grass border along a road
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  11. verge
    (vurj) a circumference or ring. anal verge anocutaneous line.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001

  12. Verge
    • (v. i.) To tend downward; to bend; to slope; as, a hill verges to the north. • (n.) The external male organ of certain mollusks, worms, etc. See Illustration in Appendix. • (n.) The penis. • (n.) The stick or wand with which persons were formerly admitted tenants, they holding ...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  13. Verge
    Verge is a Anglo-Saxon boy name. The meaning of the name is `Owns four acres of land` The name Verge doesn`t appear In the US top 1000 most common names over de last 128 years. The name Verge seems to be unique!
    Found on http://i-am-pregnant.com/names/boys/Verg

  14. verge
    verge, verging 1. The act of verging or inclining to or towards some object, etc.2. Of the sun; to descend toward the horizon; to sink, or begin to do so.3. To move in a certain direction (especially, downwards); also, to extend or to stretch.4. To incline or tend, to approach or draw near, towards ...
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  15. verge
    • a region marking a boundary
    • the limit beyond which something happens or changes
    • a ceremonial or emblematic staff
    • (British) a grass border along a road

    Found on

  16. verge
    an old name for the yard, taken from the Latin word virga for a twig or stick. In modern French, verge is the customary word for the English yard.
    Found on http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/dictV.

  17. Verge
    In architecture a verge is the shaft of a column, or a small ornamental shaft. The term is also applied to the edge of the tiling projecting over the gable of a roof.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  18. Verge
    In horology, a verge is the spindle of a watch balance, especially one with pallets, as in the old vertical escapement. In horticulture a verge is the edge or outside of a bed or border. The term is also applied to a slip of grass adjoining gravel walks, and dividing them from the borders in a parterre.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  19. verge
    Type: Term Pronunciation: verj Definitions: 1. An edge or margin.
    Found on http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictio



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