A rod or staff of office, historically used by a verger or as a symbol of admission and fealty to a lord.

An edge or border, specifically referring to the grassy area between the footpath and the street in the uk, australia, and new zealand, or a figurative extreme limit beyond which something specific will happen.

An old measure of land: a virgate or yardland.

A circumference; a circle; a ring.

(architecture) The shaft of a column, or a small ornamental shaft.

(architecture) The eaves or edge of the roof that projects over the gable of a roof.

(horology) The spindle of a watch balance, especially one with pallets, as in the old vertical escapement.

(intransitive) To be or come very close; to border; to approach.

To bend or incline; to tend downward; to slope.