verge

  1. Noun.  A rod or staff of office, e.g. of a verger.
  2. Noun.  An edge or border.
  3. Noun.  (UK, New Zealand) The grassy area between the sidewalk and the street; a tree lawn.
  4. Noun.  (obsolete) A male rod, phallus.
  5. Noun.  (figuratively) An extreme limit beyond which something specific will happen.
  6. Verb.  (intransitive) To be or come very close; to border; to approach.

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