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Webster 1913 Edition

Edging

Edg′ing

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Noun.
1.
That which forms an edge or border, as the fringe, trimming, etc., of a garment, or a border in a garden.
Dryden.
2.
The operation of shaping or dressing the edge of anything, as of a piece of metal.
Edging machine
,
a machine tool with a revolving cutter, for dressing edges, as of boards, or metal plates, to a pattern or templet.

Webster 1828 Edition

Edging

EDG'ING

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ppr.
Giving an edge; furnishing with an edge.
1.
Inciting; urging on; goading; stimulating; instigating.
2.
Moving gradually or sideways.
3.
Furnishing with a border.

EDG'ING

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Noun.
That which is added on the border, or which forms the edge; as lace, fringe, trimming, added to a garment for ornament.
Bordered with a rosy edging.
1.
A narrow lace.
2.
In gardening, a row of small plants wet along the border of a flower-bed; as an edging of box.

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