Part 3606

<hw>Edg"ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>That which forms an edge or border, as the fringe, trimming, etc., of a garment, or a border in a garden.</def>

<i>Dryden.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The operation of shaping or dressing the edge of anything, as of a piece of metal.</def>

<cs><col>Edging machine</col>, <cd>a machine tool with a revolving cutter, for dressing edges, as of boards, or metal plates, to a pattern or templet.</cd></cs>

<h1>Edgingly</h1> <Xpage=471>

<hw>Edg"ing*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Gradually; gingerly.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Edgy</h1> <Xpage=471>

<hw>Edg"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Edge</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Easily irritated; sharp; <as>as, an <ex>edgy</ex> temper</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Fine Arts)</fld> <def>Having some of the forms, such as drapery or the like, too sharply defined.</def> "An <i>edgy</i> style of sculpture."

<i>Hazlitt.</i>

<h1>Edh</h1> <Xpage=471>

<hw>Edh</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The name of the Anglo-Saxon letter &edh;, capital form <EDH/. It is sounded as "English <i>th</i> in a similar word: &omac;&edh;er, other, d&ocir;&edh;, doth."</def>

<i>March.</i>

<h1>Edibility</h1> <Xpage=471>

<hw>Ed`i*bil"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Suitableness for being eaten; edibleness.</def>

<h1>Edible</h1> <Xpage=471>

<hw>Ed"i*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>edibilis</ets>, fr. <ets>edere</ets> to eat. See <er>Eat</er>.]</ety> <def>Fit to be eaten as food; eatable; esculent; <as>as, <ex>edible</ex> fishes</as>.</def> <i>Bacon</i>. -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>Anything edible.</def></def2>

<cs><col>Edible bird's nest</col>. <cd>See <er>Bird's nest</er>, <p><b>2.</b></cd> -- <col>Edible crab</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>any species of crab used as food, esp. the American blue crab (<spn>Callinectes hastatus</spn>). See <er>Crab</er>.</cd> -- <col>Edible frog</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>the common European frog (<spn>Rana esculenta</spn>), used as food.</cd> -- <col>Edible snail</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>any snail used as food, esp. <spn>Helix pomatia</spn> and <spn>H. aspersa</spn> of Europe.</cd></cs>

<h1>Edibleness</h1> <Xpage=471>

<hw>Ed"i*ble*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Suitableness for being eaten.</def>

<h1>Edict</h1> <Xpage=471>

<hw>E"dict</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>edictum</ets>, fr. <ets>edicere</ets>, <ets>edictum</ets>, to declare, proclaim; <ets>e</ets> out + <ets>dicere</ets> to say: cf. F. <ets>\'82dit</ets>. See <er>Diction</er>.]</ety> <def>A public command or ordinance by the sovereign power; the proclamation of a law made by an absolute authority, as if by the very act of announcement; a decree; <as>as, the <ex>edicts</ex> of the Roman emperors; the <ex>edicts</ex> of the French monarch.</as></def>

<blockquote>It stands as an <b>edict</b> in destiny. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Edict of Nantes</col> <fld>(French Hist.)</fld>, <cd>an edict issued by Henry IV. (<sc>A. D.</sc> 1598), giving toleration to Protestants. Its revocation by Louis XIV. (<sc>A. D.</sc> 1685) was followed by terrible persecutions and the expatriation of thousands of French Protestants.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- Decree; proclamation; law; ordinance; statute; rule; order; manifesti; command. See <er>Law</er>.</syn>

<h1>Edictal</h1> <Xpage=471>

<hw>E*dic"tal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Relating to, or consisting of, edicts; <as>as, the Roman <ex>edictal</ex> law</as>.</def>