rand vs verge

rand

noun
  • A border, edge or rim. 

  • A random number. 

  • A rocky slope, especially the area over a river valley; specifically, the Rand 

  • A single rod woven in and out of the stakes. 

  • A strip of leather used to fit the heels of a shoe. 

  • The currency of South Africa, divided into 100 cents. 

verge

noun
  • An edge or border. 

  • A rod or staff of office, e.g. of a verger. 

  • The grassy area between the footpath and the street; a tree lawn; a grassed strip running alongside either side of an outback road. 

  • The stick or wand with which persons were formerly admitted tenants, by holding it in the hand and swearing fealty to the lord. Such tenants were called tenants by the verge. 

  • An old measure of land: a virgate or yardland. 

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

  • The shaft of a column, or a small ornamental shaft. 

  • A circumference; a circle; a ring. 

  • An extreme limit beyond which something specific will happen. 

  • The eaves or edge of the roof that projects over the gable of a roof. 

verb
  • To be or come very close; to border; to approach. 

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

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