edging

3 definitions found

edging - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Edge \Edge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Edged; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Edging.]
     1. To furnish with an edge as a tool or weapon; to sharpen.
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              To edge her champion's sword.         --Dryden.
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     2. To shape or dress the edge of, as with a tool.
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     3. To furnish with a fringe or border; as, to edge a dress;
        to edge a garden with box.
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              Hills whose tops were edged with groves. --Pope.
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     4. To make sharp or keen, figuratively; to incite; to
        exasperate; to goad; to urge or egg on. [Obs.]
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              By such reasonings, the simple were blinded, and the
              malicious edged.                      --Hayward.
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     5. To move by little and little or cautiously, as by pressing
        forward edgewise; as, edging their chairs forwards.
        --Locke.
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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.
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     2. The operation of shaping or dressing the edge of anything,
        as of a piece of metal.
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     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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edging - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  edging
      n 1: border consisting of anything placed on the edge to finish
           something (such as a fringe on clothing or on a rug)