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edgeling

edgeling adverb: with the edge.

Adverb

edgeling (comparative more edgeling, superlative most edgeling)

  1. (archaic) With the edge.
  2. (archaic) On, toward, or from the edge; edgeways.
    • Nay, on the contrary, I think it morally impossible for any Body, that is much broader than 'tis thick, if it casually gets edgewise between two Stakes, whose Distance will not let it lie flat, but it must continue more or less edgeling, 'till 'tis disintangled.1778, Francis Hargrave, A Complete Collection of State-Trials and Proceedings for High-Treason and other Crimes and Misdemeanours

Forms of edgeling

comparativemore edgeling
superlativemost edgeling
alternative formedgelings
alternative formedgelong

Origin of edgeling

From Middle English eggelyng, eghelynge (also eggelynges), from Old English eċġlinga (“on the edge”), equivalent to edge + -ling.

Questions about edgeling

What does edgeling mean?
Edgeling means with the edge.
What part of speech is edgeling?
Edgeling is an adverb.

Words near edgeling in the dictionary

  1. edgelessness
  2. edgelet
  3. edgelets
  4. Edgeley
  5. edgelike
  6. edgeling
  7. edgelist
  8. edgelists
  9. Edgell
  10. Edgells
  11. edgelong

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