6. A circumference; a circle; a ring. The inclusive verge Of golden metal that must round my brow. Shak.
7. (Arch.) (a) The shaft of a column, or a small ornamental shaft. Oxf. Gloss. (b) The edge of the tiling projecting over the gable of a roof. Encyc. Brit.
8. (Horol.)
Defn: The spindle of a watch balance, especially one with pallets, as in the old vertical escapement. See under Escapement.
9. (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.
10. The penis.
11. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The external male organ of certain mollusks, worms, etc. See
Illustration in Appendix.
Syn.
— Border; edge; rim; brim; margin; brink.
VERGE
Verge, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Verged; p. pr. & vb. n. Verging.] Etym:
[L. vergere to bend, turn, incline; cf. Skr. v to turn.]