margent

American  

[mahr-juhnt] / ˈmɑr dʒənt /

noun

Archaic.

1. margin.

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Etymology

Origin of margent

First recorded in 1475–85; alteration of margin

Example Sentences

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margent

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

And is there not such delight and wonder in— ‘Meet we on hill, in dale, forest, or mead, By paved fountain or by rushy brook, Or on the beached margent of the sea’?

From Ideas of Good and Evil by Yeats, W. B. (William Butler)

Yon turf, fringing the margent of the stream, As down upon a cherub's lip might seem, Or growth from dust of buried tulip cheeks; Tread not that turf with scorn, or light esteem!

From The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam by Khayyam, Omar

The little white town, crouched down by the "beached margent" of the bay, winks with its glittering windows and dozes in the sunshine.

From In the Days of My Youth by Edwards, Amelia Ann Blanford

Let no man dare To spoil thy fish, make lock or wear, But on thy margent still let dwell Those flowers which have the sweetest smell.

From A History of Elizabethan Literature by Saintsbury, George