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virgate |
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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