margent
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of margent
First recorded in 1475–85; alteration of margin
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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
Then he saw the maiden come along the forest glade by the margent of the stream, her basket filled and over-flowing with flowers.
From The Coming of Cuculain by Standish O'Grady
VI When they tread the river's margent, All their mitred heads are bowed— What hath browned the ripples argent, Like the plume of thunder-cloud?
From Fringilla: Some Tales In Verse by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore
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 Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards
“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 Charlotte Mary Yonge
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