1) Corporal punishment 
A virge, from the Latin virga, is a type of rod, made of wood. Originally it was one or more branches (the French often use verges, the plural of its equivalent, as the normal word for a rod, the rarer singular verge rather indicates a switch) used as an instrument for corporal punishment, or as a riding crop. It is best known as the ceremonial st...
• (n.) A wand. See Verge.
Virge noun A wand. See Verge . [ Obsolete]