verger3 (s.xii3/4)
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verger3 (s.xii3/4)

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vergier  

v.a.

1to border, stripe: 
( s.xiii2; MS: s.xiiiex )  (the third kind of emerald) si est vergiee des trois verges blanches  141
2to reinforce with metal strips: 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Les escuz e les branz e les helmes vergez  1818

p.p._as_a.

1streaked, streaky: 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  li malades [...] a indigestion grant ..., l'urine descoloree et tenve mult et vergee et le ventre serré  80r
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