virgate

virgate is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

Definitions

  1. 1.Having the form of a straight rod; wand-shaped; straight and slender.
  2. 2.A yardland, or measure of land varying from fifteen to forty acres. [Obs.] T. Warton.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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