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• VERGE (Lat. virga, a rod)

VERGE (See also:

• LAT

Lat. virga, a See also:

• ROD (O.E. rodd, probably related to Norw. rudda, stick, rodda, stake)
• ROD, EDOUARD (1857-1910)

rod)  , originally a See also:

• STAFF (O. Eng. staef, cf. Du. staf, Ger. Stab, &c.; Icel. stafr meant also a written letter, and O. Eng. stafas, the letters of the alphabet; " stave," one of the thin pieces of wood of which a cask is made, is a doublet)

staff denoting authority, whence (from the ceremony in See also:

• SWEARING (O. Eng. swerian, to swear, originally to speak aloud, cf. andswerian, to answer, Ger. schworen, Dan. svaerge, &c., all from root sorer-, to make a sound, cf. " swarm," properly the buzzing of bees, Lat. susurrus)

swearing fealty to a See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

lord) the sense of a measurement, and so boundary or border, of See also:

• LAND

land, or generally a margin of space . In See also:

• ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a master-builder)

architecture, a See also:

• VERGE (Lat. virga, a rod)

verge is the edge of the tiling projecting over the gable of a roof; that on the See also:

• HORIZONTAL

horizontal portion being called " See also:

• EAVES (not a plural form as is sometimes supposed, but singular; O. Eng. efes, in Mid. High Ger. obse, Gothic ubizwa, a porch; connected with " over ")

eaves." The See also:

• TERM

term " verge See also:

• BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

board," generally now known as See also:

• BARGE (Med. Lat. barca, possibly connected with Lat. baris, Gr. flaps, a boat used on the Nile)

barge board, is the name given to the board under the verge of gables, some-times moulded, and often very richly carved, perforated and cusped, and frequently having pendants and sometimes finials at the See also:

• APEX

apex .