Hypertext Webster Gateway: "virgate"
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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