† virgult Obs.
[ad. L. virgulta (neut. pl.), bush, thicket, copse, slips or cuttings of trees, f. virgula virgula.]
1. A bush or shrub; a set of young shoots; a branch or twig.
| 1501 Douglas Pal. Hon. i. Prol. xii, Amyd the virgultis all in till a fary, As feminine sa feblit fell I down. 1656 Blount Glossogr., Virgult,..a company of young shoots, or many young tender Sprigs and Sprouts growing together out of the ground. 1657 Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 240 Certain red berries adhere to its virgults. |
2. A thicket or copse.
| 1736 Drake's Eboracum i. vii. 334 A toft and a virgult, and three other measures of land. |