1) Unit of area
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with a broom-like habit, more or less densely branched with stiff, more or less erect branches, leaves usually small
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long, slim and rod-like
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old unit of land area usually equal to 30 acres or 1/4 hide
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rodlike; twiggy
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• (a.) Having the form of a straight rod; wand-shaped; straight and slender. • (n.) A yardland, or measure of land varying from fifteen to forty acres.
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wand-like, as a straight, slender, erect stem
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A measurement of land; anywhere from 18-32 acres.
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wand-like, as a straight, slender, erect stem
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Vir'gate adjective [ Latin
virgatus made of twigs, from
virga a twig, rod. See
Verge a rod.]
(Botany) Having the form of a straight rod; wand-shaped; straight and slender.
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Vir'gate noun [ Late Latin
virgata ,
virgata terrae , so much land as
virga terrae , a land measure, contains, from Latin
virga a twig, rod.] A yardland, or measure of land varying from fifteen to forty acres. [ Obsolete]
T. Warton. Found on
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Ancient Measurement Terms: One quarter of a hide. However, in the Devonshire Domesday Book, was used as a unit of tax rather than of land area. Hemyock was assessed as paying Geld for one Virgate.
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About 30 acres of arable land distributed through the open fields of a village. The standard subsistence holding, it could be more ore less according to the quality of the land.
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long, slim and rod-like
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