margent
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of margent
First recorded in 1475–85; alteration of margin
Example Sentences
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Say, Father Thames, for thou hast seen Full many a sprightly race Disporting on thy margent green The paths of pleasure trace, Who foremost now delight to cleave With pliant arm thy glassy wave?
From Slate ● Jan. 22, 2013
If on thy margent green, Or 'midst thy flowers, were seen Some traces of her footsteps lingering there.
From The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch by Thomas Campbell
“Say, Father Thames, for thou hast seen Full many a sprightly race, Disporting on thy margent green, The paths of pleasure trace.”
From The Armourer's Prentices by W.J. Hennessy
He spreads broad and full from margent to margent, The wings of the gull are his bannerets argent.
From A Celtic Psaltery by Alfred Perceval Graves
I made some small alterations in the signs afterwards; and when I turned them into the Latin tongue, I enriched the margent with further proofs and authorities.
From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 by Isaac Disraeli
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