Etymology : Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin virga rod, stripe
Pronunciation : 'v&rj
Function : noun
Date : 15th century
1. edge, brink; wand, staff (especially one that indicates authority). border, approach; border, be on the verge; tend towards, lean in a certain direction. verge\verge\ , n. [f. verge, l. virga; perhaps akin to e. wisp.].
2. a rod or staff, carried as an emblem of authority; as, the verge, carried before a dean.
3. 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. [eng.].
4. (eng. law) 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.
5. a virgate; a yardland. [obs.].
6. a border, limit, or boundary of a space; an edge, margin, or brink of something definite in extent. even though we go to the extreme verge of possibility to invent a supposition favorable to it, the theory implies an absurdity. s. mill. but on the horizon's verge descried, hangs, touched with light, one snowy sail. arnold.
7. a circumference; a circle; a ring. the inclusive verge of golden metal that must round my brow.
8. (arch.) (a) the shaft of a column, or a small ornamental shaft. gloss. (b) the edge of the tiling projecting over the gable of a roof. brit.
9. (horol.) the spindle of a watch balance, especially one with pallets, as in the old vertical escapement. see:
under escapement.
10. (hort.) (a) the edge or outside of a bed or border. (b) a slip of grass adjoining gravel walks, and dividing them from the borders in a parterre.
11. the penis.
12. (zo?l.) the external male organ of certain mollusks, worms, etc. see:
illustration in appendix.
13. A rod or staff, carried as an emblem of authority; as, the verge, carried before a dean.
14. The stick or wand with which persons were formerly admitted tenants, they holding it in the hand, and swearing fealty to the lord.
15. Such tenants were called tenants by the verge.
16. 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.
17. A virgate; a yardland.
18. A border, limit, or boundary of a space; an edge, margin, or brink of something definite in extent.
19. A circumference; a circle; a ring.
20. The shaft of a column, or a small ornamental shaft.
21. The edge of the tiling projecting over the gable of a roof.
22. The spindle of a watch balance, especially one with pallets, as in the old vertical escapement.
23. See under Escapement.
24. The edge or outside of a bed or border.
25. A slip of grass adjoining gravel walks, and dividing them from the borders in a parterre.
26. The penis.
27. The external male organ of certain mollusks, worms, etc.
28. See Illustration in Appendix.
29. To border upon; to tend; to incline; to come near; to approach.
30. To tend downward; to bend; to slope; as, a hill verges to the north. a grass border along a road the limit beyond which something happens or changes; "on the verge of tears"; "on the brink of bankruptcy" border on; come close to; "His behavior verges on the criminal".
31. 1. If you are on the verge of something, you are going to do it very soon or it is likely to happen or begin very soon. The country was on the verge of becoming prosperous and successful Carole was on the verge of tears. = brink.
32. The verge of a road is a narrow piece of ground by the side of a road, which is usually covered with grass or flowers. verge on/upon to be very close to a harmful or extreme state.
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