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In full yard of land (Old English gyrd landes = Latin virgata terræ): An area of land of varying extent according to the locality, but most…
verge of land, = virgate, n. Obsolete. rare.
The name of various measures of land. ? The quarter of a hide; = virgate, n.; cf. fardel, n.2
An early English land-measure, varying greatly in extent, but in many cases averaging thirty acres.