Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Old spellings of verge, verger.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A wand. See
verge .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete A
wand .
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Examples
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They were indie actors, with Summit being a struggling film company on the virge of bankruptcy, and Catherine Hardwicke was an indie director.
Twilight Lexicon » Kristen Stewart Interview in Flaunt Magazine 2010
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I will only instance a few which are the same parts of speech; thus ‘sun’ and ‘son’; ‘virge’ (‘virga’, now obsolete) and ‘verge’; ‘reign’, ‘rain’, and ‘rein’; ‘hair’ and ‘hare’;
English Past and Present Richard Chenevix Trench 1846
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Fran makes sure that they go the right way during the procession as Carole carries the virge.
The Guardian World News Crista Cloutier 2010
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The only problem is they are only satisfied for that day ... by Ox - Mar 2nd, 2009 @ 12: 01pm yeah what they said ... and what about us poor unemployed gamers who are on the virge of selling their gaming rigs who cant afford 50 to 60 bucks per game ...
Techdirt 2009
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The only problem is they are only satisfied for that day ... by Ox - Mar 2nd, 2009 @ 12: 01pm yeah what they said ... and what about us poor unemployed gamers who are on the virge of selling their gaming rigs who cant afford 50 to 60 bucks per game ...
Techdirt 2009
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The only problem is they are only satisfied for that day ... by Ox - Mar 2nd, 2009 @ 12: 01pm yeah what they said ... and what about us poor unemployed gamers who are on the virge of selling their gaming rigs who cant afford 50 to 60 bucks per game ...
Techdirt 2009
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The only problem is they are only satisfied for that day ... by Ox - Mar 2nd, 2009 @ 12: 01pm yeah what they said ... and what about us poor unemployed gamers who are on the virge of selling their gaming rigs who cant afford 50 to 60 bucks per game ...
Techdirt 2009
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The only problem is they are only satisfied for that day ... by Ox - Mar 2nd, 2009 @ 12: 01pm yeah what they said ... and what about us poor unemployed gamers who are on the virge of selling their gaming rigs who cant afford 50 to 60 bucks per game ...
Techdirt 2009
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Do they think that the average reader would be unable to understand that the Earth's ecosystems are overstressed and some of them are on the virge of collapse?
Seeing the Forest 2009
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Do they think that the average reader would be unable to understand that the Earth's ecosystems are overstressed and some of them are on the virge of collapse?
Seeing the Forest 2009
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