verges is a form of:
Verge
noun
- 1.
- (the extreme edge or brink of something, a grassy border as along a road) verge of the forest ជាយ, on the verge of ជិតៗនឹង
- 2.
- (បច្ចេកទេស) ជាយ, ព្រំប្រទល់
verb — past tense: verged ; past participle: verged ; present participle: verging ;
- 1.
- (INTRANSITIVE) (to be on the verge, think, or border [with on or upon]) verge on (treason) ស្ទើរតែជា, verge on (his property) ជាប់នឹង
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 1.
- The edge of the tiling projecting over the gable of a roof.
- 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.
- 4.
- 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 border, limit, or boundary of a space; an edge, margin, or brink of something definite in extent.
- 6.
- A circumference; a circle; a ring.
- 7.
- The shaft of a column, or a small ornamental shaft.
- 8.
- The spindle of a watch balance, especially one with pallets, as in the old vertical escapement.
- 9.
- The edge or outside of a bed or border.
- 10.
- A slip of grass adjoining gravel walks, and dividing them from the borders in a parterre.
- 11.
- The external male organ of certain mollusks, worms, etc.
verb — past tense: verged ; past participle: verged ; present participle: verging ;
- 1.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To border upon; to tend; to incline; to come near; to approach.
- 2.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To tend downward; to bend; to slope; as, a hill verges to the north.
- 1.
- The penis
- 2.
- A virgate, a yardland