(vûrj) noun
1. The extreme edge of something having defined limits; brink; margin.
2. A bounding or enclosing line; a circlet; ring; also, the space enclosed.
3. A stick or rod, or something having this shape; a wand or staff as a symbol of authority or emblem of office.
4. Obs. In England, a stick or wand which tenants held in the hand while swearing fealty to their lord.
5. The spindle of a balance wheel, especially in an old–fashioned vertical escapement.
6. Archit. a A column shaft. b The projecting edge of the tiling on a gable.
7. In old English law, the area over which the authority of an official extended. See synonyms under BOUNDARY, MARGIN.
—v.i. verged, verg·ing
1. To be contiguous or adjacent.
2. To form the limit or verge. [<F, rod, stick <L virga twig]

(vûrj) v.i. verged, verg·ing
1. To come near; approach; border: often with on: His speech verges on the chaotic.
2. To tend; slope; incline. [<L vergere bend, turn]