verged

noun

1. 1. the edge, brink, or margin (of something): also used figuratively: the verge of the forest, on the verge of hysteria
   2. Brit. a grassy border, as along a road
2. 1. an enclosing line or border; boundary, esp. of something more or less circular
   2. the area so enclosed
3. the edge of the tiling that projects over a gable
4. the spindle of a balance wheel in a clock with an old-style vertical escapement
5. a rod or staff symbolic of an office, as that carried before a church official in processions
6. Eng. Feudal Law a rod held in the hand by a feudal tenant as he swore fealty to his lord

intransitive verb verged, verging