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
“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 Yonge, Charlotte Mary
He sighed, and as they walked by the violet margent of the evening waves, he offered up in silence an earnest prayer that Daubeny might live.
From St. Winifred's, or The World of School by Earnshaw, H. C. (Harold C.)
How many margent notes can we vnfold, Mourning for virgins that haue bene too blame?
From Seven Minor Epics of the English Renaissance (1596-1624) by Miller, Paul William
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 The Golden Treasury Of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language by Palgrave, Francis Turner
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