margent

Definitions

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • noun A margin; border; brink; edge.
  • verb-transitive To enter or note down upon the margin of a page; to margin.

Examples

  • These wordes then we thought it far better to keepe in the text, and to tel their signification in the margent or in a table for that purpose, then to disgrace bothe the text and them with translating them.

    The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete

  • He beginneth not with obscure definitions, which must blur the margent with interpretations, and load the memory with doubtfulness: but he cometh to you with words sent in delightful proportion, either accompanied with, or prepared for the well enchanting skill of music; and with a tale forsooth he cometh unto you: with a tale which holdeth children from play, and old men from the chimney corner.

    English literary criticism

  • I knew you must be edified by the margent, ere you had done.

    Act V. Scene II. Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

  • In conclusion, there is nothing else to be done, but that thou only endeavour to name those names, or to touch those histories, in thine own, which I have here related, and leave the adding of annotations and citations unto me; for I do promise thee that I will both fill up the margent, and also spend four or five sheets of advantage at the end of the book.

    The Author’s Preface to the Reader

  • Then he saw the maiden come along the forest glade by the margent of the stream, her basket filled and over-flowing with flowers.

    The Coming of Cuculain

  • Such were the very words; I wrote them down with two signs in the margent, -- one a mark of admiration, as thus (!), the other of interrogation (so we call it) as thus (?).

    Citation and Examination of William Shakspeare, Euseby Treen, Joseph Carnaby, and Silas Gough, Clerk

  • I honor the woman that can honor herself with her attire; a good text always deserves a fair margent; I am not much offended if I see a trim far trimmer than she that wears it.

    History of American Literature

Note

The word 'margent' is a variant of the word 'margin', which comes from a Latin word meaning 'wall', 'edge', or 'border'.