English Dictionary

verge

IPA（発音記号）

/vɜːd͡ʒ/

名詞

イギリス英語 歴史的 オーストラリア英語 ニュージーランド英語 比喩的用法 廃用

A rod or staff of office, e.g. of a verger.

日本語の意味

役職者が職務を行う際に持つ、権威や地位を示す杖。例えば、教会のverger（式典補助者）が使用する杖。

The verger lifted his polished verge and led the procession down the aisle.

聖務係は磨かれた職杖を掲げて行列を先導した。

意味（1）

A rod or staff of office, e.g. of a verger.

意味（2）

(UK, historical) The stick or wand with which persons were formerly admitted tenants, by holding it in the hand and swearing fealty to the lord. Such tenants were called tenants by the verge.

意味（3）

(UK, Australia, New Zealand) The grassy area between the footpath and the street; a tree lawn; a grassed strip running alongside either side of an outback road.

The shoulders are graded and the verges cleared well back to lessen the chances of hitting stray stock.

意味（4）

(figuratively) An extreme limit beyond which something specific will happen.

I was on the verge of tears.

意味（5）

(obsolete) The phallus.

意味（6）

(zoology) The external male organ of certain mollusks, worms, etc.

意味（7）

An old measure of land: a virgate or yardland.

意味（8）

A circumference; a circle; a ring.

The inclusive verge Of golden metal that must round my brow.

意味（9）

(architecture) The shaft of a column, or a small ornamental shaft.

意味（10）

(architecture) The eaves or edge of the roof that projects over the gable of a roof.

The smaller ribs of tiles that run down to the eaves, along the ridges in a hip-roof, or border the verge in a gable-roof , often terminate in some ornamental tile in high-relief .

意味（11）

(horology) The spindle of a watch balance, especially one with pallets, as in the old vertical escapement.

verges （ plural ）