Virgate

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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