2 entries under this word

Virgate

Vir′gate, a.

adjective

(45), a. [Lat. virgatus, from virga, a twig, rod.] (Bot.) Having the shape of a rod or wand; twig-like; wand-shaped; as, a virgate stem.

Vĭr'gate, n.

noun

n. [L. Lat. virgata, a farm, virgata terræ, so much land as virga terræ, a land measure, contains, from Lat. virga, a twig, rod.] A yardland, or measure of land varying from fifteen to forty acres. [Obs.] Warton.