margent
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Mar·gent
n.
[OE. See Margin.]
A margin; border; brink; edge. [Obs.]
The beached margent of the sea.Shak.
Mar·gent
v. t.
To enter or note down upon the margin of a page; to margin. [Obs.] Mir. for Mag.
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Ornament of vertical flowers and leaves (called wheat-ear drops or husks) suspended from a bow, mask, patera, ring, or rosette, usually derived from the festoon (with which it is often found), on either side of an aperture or in the centre of a panel.
Margent. Husk type. (After JJS)
