Emily Dickinson Lexicon

MAR-GIN, n. [formerly marge or margent. Fr. marge; Arm. marz; It. margine; Sp. margen; L. margo; Dan. marg. It coincides in elements with marches.]

1. A border; edge; brink; verge; as, the margin of a river or lake.
2. The edge of the leaf or page of it book, left blank or filled with notes.
3. The edge of a wound.
4. In botany, the edge of a leaf. Lee.