Baretti: A dictionary of the English and Italian languages
Vérg-a, s. f. dim. Vérg-élla, Vérg-hétta, Vérg-hettína, Vérg-óla, Vérg-olína,Vérg-úccia ,
1. rod, switch or wand; 2. a sceptre.— di ferro, an iron rod. — d'oro o d'argento,an ingot or wedge of gold or silver; 3. stripes or streaks in silk cloth. Battere a verghe, to whip with rods. Tremare a — a —, to tremble all over, to shiver; 4. the virile member; 5. the lacing on livery.
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verga: any kind of rod or verge. Also a whipping-rod. Also a wand, a switch, a little slicke, a twig, a sprig, or little branch. Also a royall Scepter, or warder, a Magistrates white or commanding staffe, an Officers verge, a Sergeants Mace. Also a Carpenters Rule or Squire. Also a Scriueners ruler. Also a Painters peusill, a measure of a yard. Also a mans yard, or priuie member. Also the Gnomon, or needle or index of a dyall. Also a plaine loopering of gold, or a gimnall Ring. Also a wedge, a gad, a sledge, an ingot or sowe of any mettall. Also a barre in armorie. Also a kind of play that boies vse in Italie.