veretillum

[From Lat. veretilla.] formerly place under the Pennatulide Upper Zool.: The typical genus of Veretillide part of the colony club-shaped. ver-ga-loô, vir-ga-loô, ver-ga-lieu, subst. [VIRGOLEUSE.] vērģe (1), *virge, s . [Fr. verge =a rod, wand, or stick, a yard, a hoop, a rood of land, from Latin virga a twig, rod, wand.] I. Ordinary Language: 1. Literally: "His whistle of command, seat of authority, And virge to interpret, tipt with silver, sir." Ben Jonson: Tale of a Tub , v. 3. *(4) A yard in length. ( Prompt . Parv .) *(5) A ring; a circlet or hoop of metal; a circle. "The inclusive verge IMG:content-0460.png:[blocks in formation] shaft. (2) The edge of a tiling projecting over the gable of a roof, that on the horizontal portion being called eaves. 2. Horol .: The spindle or arbor of a watch-balance. The term is commonly applied to that of the old vertical movement, whose balance-arbor has two pallets, which alternately engage with teeth on the opposite sides of a crown-wheel, whose axis is at right-angles to that of the verge. 3. Hort .: The gra -edging of a bed or border; a slip of gra dividing the walks from the borders in a garden. verge-board, s. Build.: The same as BARGE-BOARD (q. v.). verge-file, s. A fine file, with one safe side, formerly used in working on the verge of the old vertical escapement. *vērģe (2), s . [VERGE (2), v.] The actor state of verging or inclining; inclination. "I mean their verges toward the body and its joys." Digby : Preëxistence of Souls , ch. xiv.