Ex-ergue', n.

(egz-ĕrg'), n. [Fr., from Gr. ἐξ, out, and ἔργον, work; originally, out of the work, not belonging to the work, by-work, accessory work.] (Numis.) The small space beneath the base line of a subject engraved on a coin and medal, and in which the date and engraver’s name is placed, or some brief inscription of secondary importance. Fairholt.