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[F. marge. See
Margin.] Border; margin; edge; verge. [Poetic]
Tennyson.

Along the river's stony marge.

Wordsworth.

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.

Mar"gin (?), n. [OE. margine,
margent, L. margo, ginis. Cf. March a
border, Marge.] 1. A border; edge; brink;
verge; as, the margin of a river or lake.

2. Specifically: The part of a page at the
edge left uncovered in writing or printing.

3. (Com.) The difference between the
cost and the selling price of an article.

4. Something allowed, or reserved, for that
which can not be foreseen or known with certainty.

5.

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