Virgate /(?)/

Vir·gate

Virgate

a.

[L. virgatus made of twigs, fr. virga a twig, rod. See Verge a rod.]

Having the form of a straight rod; wand-shaped; straight and slender. (Bot.)

Virgate

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.]

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