Meanings
comparative more edgeling · superlative most edgeling · alternative edgelings · alternative edgelong
- archaicWith the edge.
- archaicOn, toward, or from the edge; edgeways.
Nay, on the contrary, I think it morally impossible for any Body, that is much broader than 'tis thick, if it casually gets edgewise between two Stakes, whose Distance will not let it lie flat, but it must continue more or less edgeling, 'till 'tis disintangled.
1778, Francis Hargrave, A Complete Collection of State-Trials and Proceedings for High-Treason and other Crimes and Misdemeanours
Origin
- Old Englisheċġlinga“on the edge”
- Middle Englisheggelyng
- Englishedgeling
From Middle English eggelyng, eghelynge (also eggelynges), from Old English eċġlinga (“on the edge”), equivalent to edge + -ling.
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