Edge"long (?; 115), adv. In the direction of the edge. [Obs.]

Three hundred thousand pieces have you stuck

Edgelong into the ground.

B. Jonson.

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

{ 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.

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 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.

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