verge
Cross references:
1. border
1. verge \'v*rj\ n [ME, fr. MF, fr. L virga rod, stripe - more at WHISK]
1a1: a rod or staff carried as an emblem of authority or symbol of office
obs 1a2: a stick or wand held by a person being admitted to tenancy while
he sw ears fealty 1b: the spindle of a watch balance; esp : a spindle with
pallets in an old vertical escapement 1c: the male intromittent organ of
any of various invertebrates 2a: something that borders, limits, or bounds
: as 2a1: an outer margin of an object or structural part obs 2a2:
CIRCLET, RING; also : RIM, BRIM 2a3: the edge of the tiling projecting
over the gable of a roof 2b: BRINK, THRESHOLD
2. verge vi 1: to be contiguous 2: to be on the verge or border
3. verge vi [L vergere to bend, incline - more at WRENCH] of the sun 1a:
to incline toward the horizon : SINK 1b: to move or extend in some
direction or toward some condition 2: to be in transition or change