The verge of a road is a narrow piece of ground by the side of a road, which is usually covered with grass or flowers. verge on/upon to be very close to a harmful or extreme state
If you are on the verge of something, you are going to do it very soon or it is likely to happen or begin very soon. The country was on the verge of becoming prosperous and successful Carole was on the verge of tears. = brink
The compass of the court of Marshalsea and the Palace court, within which the lord steward and the marshal of the king's household had special jurisdiction; so called from the verge, or staff, which the marshal bore
a grass border along a road the limit beyond which something happens or changes; "on the verge of tears"; "on the brink of bankruptcy" border on; come close to; "His behavior verges on the criminal