Category:Virgate

Vir"gate, a. Etym: [l. virgatus made of twigs, fr. virga a twig, rod. See verge a rod.] (bot.)

Defn: having the form of a straight rod; wand-shaped; straight and Slender.

Virgate Vir"gate, n. Etym: [ll. virgata, virgata terrae, so much land as Virga terrae, a land measure, contains, fr. L. virga a twig, rod.]

Defn: a yardland, or measure of land varying from fifteen to forty Acres. [obs.] T. Warton.