Verge

noun
1.
the edge, rim, or margin of something:
the verge of a desert; to operate on the verge of fraud.
2.
the limit or point beyond which something begins or occurs; brink:
on the verge of a nervous breakdown.
3.
a limiting belt, strip, or border of something.
4.
British. a narrow strip of turf bordering on a pathway, sidewalk, roadway, etc.
5.
a decorative border, as on or around an object, structural part, etc.
6.
limited room or scope for something:
an action within the verge of one’s abilities.
7.
an area or district subject to a particular jurisdiction.
8.
History/Historical. an area or district in England embracing the royal palace, being the jurisdiction of the Marshalsea Court.
9.
the part of a sloping roof that projects beyond the gable wall.
10.
Architecture. the shaft of a column or colonette.
11.
a rod, wand, or staff, especially one carried as an emblem of authority or of the office of a bishop, dean, or the like.
12.
Horology. a palletlike lever formerly used in inexpensive pendulum clocks.
13.
Obsolete. a stick or wand held in the hand of a person swearing fealty to a feudal lord on being admitted as a tenant.
verb (used without object), verged, verging.
14.
to be on the edge or margin; border:
Our property verges on theirs.
15.
to come close to or be in transition to some state, quality, etc. (usually followed by on):
a statesman who verged on greatness; a situation that verged on disaster.
verb (used with object), verged, verging.
16.
to serve as the verge or boundary of:
a high hedge verging the yard.
verb (used without object), verged, verging.
1.
to incline; tend (usually followed by to or toward):
The economy verges toward inflation.
2.
to slope or sink.
noun
1.
an edge or rim; margin
2.
a limit beyond which something occurs; brink: on the verge of ecstasy
3.
(Brit) a grass border along a road
4.
an enclosing line, belt, or strip
5.
(architect) the edge of the roof tiles projecting over a gable
6.
(architect) the shaft of a classical column
7.
an enclosed space
8.
(horology) the spindle of a balance wheel in a vertical escapement, found only in very early clocks
9.
(English legal history)

the area encompassing the royal court that is subject to the jurisdiction of the Lord High Steward
a rod or wand carried as a symbol of office or emblem of authority, as in the Church
a rod held by a person swearing fealty to his lord on becoming a tenant, esp of copyhold land

verb
10.
(intransitive) foll by on. to be near (to): to verge on chaos
11.
when intr, sometimes foll by on. to serve as the edge of (something): this narrow strip verges the road
verb
1.
(intransitive; foll by to or towards) to move or incline in a certain direction

verge (vûrj)
n.
The extreme edge or margin; a border.
In addition to the idiom beginning with verge