Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.15743
Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.15743
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**VERGE**, s. A term used in S. India for rice lands. It is the Port. *Vársea, Varzia, Vargem*, which Vieyra defines as 'a plain field, or a piece of level ground, that is sowed and cultivated.'