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virgate

ADJ ยาว เรียว และ ตรง  คล้าย ไม้เรียว  yao-riao-lea-trong

 

virgate

N หน่วย วัด เนื้อที่ ดิน ของ อังกฤษ สมัยก่อน  nuai-wad-nuan-ti-din-kong-ang-krid-sa-mai-kon

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

VIRGATE

a.nearly vurgate. [L. virga, a rod. ] In botany, having the shape of a rod or wand; as a virgate stem.

 

VIRGATE

n.A yardland.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

VIRGATE

Vir "gate, a. Etym: [L. virgatus made of twigs, fr. virga a twig, rod. See Verge a rod. ] (Bot. )

 

Defn: Having the form of a straight rod; wand-shaped; straight and slender.

 

VIRGATE

Vir "gate, n. Etym: [LL. virgata, virgata terrae, so much land as virga terrae, a land measure, contains, fr. L. virga a twig, rod. ]

 

Defn: A yardland, or measure of land varying from fifteen to forty acres. [Obs. ] T. Warton.

 

VIRGATED

Vir "ga *ted, a. Etym: [L. virgatus striped. See Virgate, a.]

 

Defn: Striped; streaked. [Obs. ]

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

virgate

vir gate |ˈvərgət, -ˌgāt ˈvərɡət | noun Brit. historical a varying measure of land, typically 30 acres. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Latin virgatus, from virga rod.

 

Oxford Dictionary

virgate

virgate |ˈvəːgət | noun Brit. historical a varying measure of land, typically 30 acres. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Latin virgatus, from virga rod .