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† virgult Obs.
[ad. L. virgulta (neut. pl.), bush, thicket, copse, slips or cuttings of trees, f. virgula virgula.]
1. A bush or shrub; a set of young shoots; a branch or twig.
1501Douglas Pal. Hon. i. Prol. xii, Amyd the virgultis all in till a fary, As feminine sa feblit fell I down. 1656Blount Glossogr., Virgult,..a company of young shoots, or many young tender Sprigs and Sprouts growing together out of the ground. 1657Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 240 Certain red berries adhere to its virgults.
2. A thicket or copse.
1736Drake's Eboracum i. vii. 334 A toft and a virgult, and three other measures of land. |