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