2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Virgate  \Vir"gate\,  a.  [L.  virgatus  made  of  twigs,  fr  virga  a 
  twig,  rod.  See  {Verge}  a  rod.]  (Bot.) 
  Having  the  form  of  a  straight  rod;  wand-shaped;  straight  and 
  slender. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Virgate  \Vir"gate\,  n.  [LL.  virgata,  virgata  terrae,  so  much 
  land  as  virga  terrae,  a  land  measure,  contains,  fr  L.  virga 
  a  twig,  rod.] 
  A  yardland,  or  measure  of  land  varying  from  fifteen  to  forty 
  acres.  [Obs.]  --T.  Warton. 

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