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
He spreads broad and full from margent to margent, The wings of the gull are his bannerets argent.
From A Celtic Psaltery by Graves, Alfred Perceval
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)
Is it in the glade or the thicket, or on the margent of the rill?
From The Coming of Cuculain by O'Grady, Standish
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 Disraeli, Isaac
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