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verge 1. Architect the edge of the roof tiles projecting over a gable 2. Architect the shaft of a classical column 3. English legal history a. the area encompassing the royal court that is subject to the jurisdiction of the Lord High Steward b. a rod or wand carried as a symbol of office or emblem of authority, as in the Church c. a rod held by a person swearing fealty to his lord on becoming a tenant, esp of copyhold land verge [vərj] (building construction) The edge of a sloping roof which projects over a gable. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| "I am temperate to the verge of absurdity," replied the Tramp. So reconstructed, the earliest period appears to us as a time of slow development in which the characteristic epic metre, diction, and structure grew up slowly from crude elements and were improved until the verge of maturity was reached. Slowly the stricken flier sank to the ground, and when I had freed myself and Woola from the entangling wreckage I found that we were upon the verge of a natural forest--so rare a thing upon the bosom of dying Mars that, outside of the forest in the Valley Dor beside the Lost Sea of Korus, I never before had seen its like upon the planet. |
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