Obs. [ad. L. virgulta (neut. pl.), bush, thicket, copse, slips or cuttings of trees, f. virgula VIRGULA.]

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  1.  A bush or shrub; a set of young shoots; a branch or twig.

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1501.  Douglas, Pal. Hon., I. Prol. xii. Amyd the virgultis all in till a fary, As feminine sa feblit fell I down.

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1656.  Blount, Glossogr., Virgult,… a company of young shoots, or many young tender Sprigs and Sprouts growing together out of the ground.

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1657.  Tomlinson, Renou’s Disp., 240. Certain red berries adhere to its virgults.

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  2.  A thicket or copse.

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1736.  Drake’s Eboracum, I. vii. 334. A toft and a virgult, and three other measures of land.

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