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edgelong

edgelong adverb: towards the edge; along the edge.

Adverb

edgelong (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) Towards the edge; along the edge.
    • Three hundred thousand pieces have you stuck edgelong into the ground.1632 (first performance), Benjamin Jonson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “The Magnetick Lady: Or, Humors Reconcil’d. A Comedy […]”, in The Workes of Benjamin Jonson. The Second Volume. […] (Second Folio)...
    • In the one there was nothing but some ashes; the other was full of Medals, set edgelong as full as it could be thrust: […]1914, William Holden Hutton, Highways and Byways in Shakespeare's Country, page 302

Origin of edgelong

Alteration of edgeling, equivalent to edge + -long.

Questions about edgelong

What does edgelong mean?
Edgelong means towards the edge; along the edge.
What part of speech is edgelong?
Edgelong is an adverb.

Words near edgelong in the dictionary

  1. edgeling
  2. edgelist
  3. edgelists
  4. Edgell
  5. Edgells
  6. edgelong
  7. edgeloop
  8. edgeloops
  9. edgelord
  10. edgelorded
  11. edgelording

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