verges

/V ER1 JH IH0 Z/

noun

1
A rod or staff of office, e.g. of a verger.
2
An edge or border.
3
The phallus.
4
An old measure of land: a virgate or yardland.
5
A circumference; a circle; a ring.
6
The shaft of a column, or a small ornamental shaft.
7
The edge of the tiling projecting over the gable of a roof.
8
The spindle of a watch balance, especially one with pallets, as in the old vertical escapement.

verb

1
To be or come very close; to border; to approach.
“Eating blowfish verges on insanity.”
2
To bend or incline; to tend downward; to slope.

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