Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Edgeless

Edge″less, a. Without an edge; not sharp; blunt; obtuse; as, an edgeless sword or weapon.

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Edgelong

Edge″long (?; 115), adv. In the direction of the edge.Three hundred thousand pieces have you stuckEdgelong into the ground. B. Jonson.

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Edgeshot

Edge″shot (?), a.(Carp.) Having an edge planed, — said of a board. Knight.

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Edgeways

{ Edge″ways (?), Edge″wise (?), } adv. With the edge towards anything; in the direction of the edge.Glad to get in a word, as they say, edgeways. Sir W. Scott.

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Edging

Edg″ing (?), n. 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 e...

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Edgingly

Edg″ing‐ly, adv. Gradually; gingerly.

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Edgy

Edg″y (?), a. [From Edge.] 1. Easily irritated; sharp; as, an edgy temper.2. (Fine Arts) Having some of the forms, such as drapery or the like, too sharply defined. “An edgy sty...

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Edh

Edh (?), n. The name of the Anglo-Saxon letter ð, capital form Ð. It is sounded as “English th in a similar word: ōðer, other, dôð, doth.” March.

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Edibility

Ed′i‐bil″i‐ty (?), n. Suitableness for being eaten; edibleness.

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Edible

Ed″i‐ble (?), a. [L. edibilis, fr. edere to eat. See Eat.] Fit to be eaten as food; eatable; esculent; as, edible fishes. Bacon. — n. Anything edible.Edible bird's nest. See Bir...

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Edibleness

Ed″i‐ble‐ness, n. Suitableness for being eaten.

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Edict

E″dict (?), n. [L. edictum, fr. edicere, edictum, to declare, proclaim; e out + dicere to say: cf. F. édit. See Diction.] A public command or ordinance by the sovereign power; t...

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Edictal

E‐dic″tal (?), a. Relating to, or consisting of, edicts; as, the Roman edictal law.

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Edificant

Ed″i‐fi‐cant (?), a. [L. aedificans, -antis, p. pr. of aedificare. See Edify.] Building; constructing. Dugard.

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Edification

Ed′i‐fi‐ca″tion (?), n. [L. aedificatio: cf. F. édification. See Edify.] 1. The act of edifying, or the state of being edified; a building up, especially in a moral or spiritual...

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Edificatory

Ed″i‐fi‐ca′to‐ry (?), a. Tending to edification. Bp. Hall.

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Edifice

Ed″i‐fice (?), n. [L. aedificium, fr. aedificare: cf. F. édifice. See Edify.] A building; a structure; an architectural fabric; — chiefly applied to elegant houses, and other la...

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Edificial

Ed′i‐fi″cial (?), a. [L. aedificialis.] Pertaining to an edifice; structural.

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Edifier

Ed″i‐fi′er (?), n. 1. One who builds.2. One who edifies, builds up, or strengthens another by moral or religious instruction.

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Edify

Ed″i‐fy (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Edified (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Edifying.] [F. édifier, L. aedificare; aedes a building, house, orig., a fireplace (akin to Gr. � to burn, Skr. idh t...

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Edify (2)

Ed″i‐fy, v. i. To improve. Swift.

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Edifying

Ed″i‐fy′ing (?), a. Instructing; improving; as, an edifying conversation. — Ed″i‐fy′ing‐ly, adv. — Ed″i‐fy′ing‐ness, n.

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Edile

E″dile (?), n. [L. aedilis: cf. F. édile. Cf. Ædile.] (Rom. Antiq.) See Ædile.

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Edileship

E″dile‐ship, n. The office of ædile. T. Arnold.

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Edingtonite

Ed″ing‐ton‐ite (?), n.(Min.) A grayish white zeolitic mineral, in tetragonal crystals. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and baryta.

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Edit

Ed″it (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Edited; p. pr. & vb. n.Editing.] [F. éditer, or L. editus, p. p. of edere to give out, put forth, publish; e out + dare to give. See Date a point o...

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Edition

E‐di″tion (?), n. [L. editio, fr. edere to publish; cf. F. édition. See Edit.] 1. A literary work edited and published, as by a certain editor or in a certain manner; as, a good...