Associations to the word «Virgate»
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Wiktionary
VIRGATE, noun. (historical) The yardland: an obsolete English land measure usually comprising ¼ of a hide and notionally equal to 30 acres.
VIRGATE, adjective. Rod-shaped: straight, long, and thin, (particularly botany) the habitus of plants with straight, erect branches.
VIRGATE, adjective. (mycology) Finely striped, often with dark fibers.
Wise words
Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry
and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society.