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单词 edging
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edgingn.

Brit. /ˈɛdʒɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈɛdʒɪŋ/
Etymology: < edge v.1 + -ing suffix1.
1. The setting on edge (of the teeth). Obsolete.
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c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Amos iv. 6 Y ȝaue to ȝou eggyng of teeth.
2.
a. The putting of an edge or border to anything. Also attributive, as in edging-lace, edging-stroke, edging-tile.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > [noun] > that which forms the edge or border > putting an edge or border on something
edging1580
fringing1598
the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > [noun] > trimming > bordering or edging
purfling1388
bordering1530
edging1580
1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Canetille, an edging lace.
1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 575 Very much vsed for the edging of the best garments.
a1706 J. Evelyn Acct. Archit. in tr. R. Fréart Parallel Antient Archit. (1707) 14 The Edging stroaks by some call'd out Lines, and Contours only.
1850 J. Greenwood Sailor's Sea-bk. 116 Edging of plank, sawing or hewing it narrower.
a1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. I. 774/1 Edging-machine, a machine for edging boards to a given pattern. An edger.
a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 293/1 Edging and dividing bench, a circular saw of special adaption for sawing blocks into voussoir shapes.
1957 N.Z. Timber Jrnl. Feb. 45 Edging strips, pieces fixed on the edges of flush doors to cover and secure the edges of the plywood.
b. The trimming of the edges (of a lawn or grassplat); also attributive, as in edging-iron, edging-shears.
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1858 G. Glenny Gardener's Every-day Bk. (new ed.) 236/1 The edging-iron must be used instead of the shears.
1880 Catal. Tool Wks. Sheffield (G. Turner) 24 Common Grass Plot Edging Knives.
3. concrete.
a. That which forms an edge to anything; a border, fringe, etc. sewn on the edge of a garment; a border (of box or other plants) surrounding a flower-bed; and the like.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > [noun] > that which forms the edge or border
lista700
edge1502
borderc1540
verge1573
skirt1576
brim?1610
limb1644
edging1684
bordure1691
bordage1860
bordering1862
rimming1868
skirting1872
1684 J. Dryden tr. Virgil in Misc. Poems 237 The Garland which I wove for you to wear,..border'd with a Rosie edging round.
1691 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense (ed. 8) 48 Adorn the outward Verge with an Edging of Pink, Limon Thyme.
1706 S. Garth Dispensary (ed. 6) iv. 66 The Clouds aloft with golden Edgings glow.
1736 Compl. Family-piece ii. iii. 292 After Rain, clip your Edgings of Box.
1807 G. Crabbe Library (rev. ed.) in Poems 143 The dull red Edging of the well-fill'd Page.
1841 J. W. Loudon Ladies' Compan. to Flower Garden 117/2 Gentiana acaulis is frequently used as an edging plant.
1873 H. B. Tristram Land of Moab xvi. 302 The old road..marked by its bold edging of stones.
1907 Macmillan's Mag. 825 Lepidoptera seek out this sunny retreat and suck the edging plants.
b. A trimming on a seam.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > trimmings or ornamentation > border or edging
purflec1400
edge1502
welt1506
welting1508
pink1512
guard1535
piccadill1607
love1613
edging1664
cheval de frise1753
fly-fringe1860
1664 S. Pepys Diary 10 Feb. (1971) V. 44 A close-bodied..coat, with a gold edgeing in each seam.
1717 J. Addison in J. Dryden et al. tr. Ovid Metamorphoses ii. (R.) To show The golden edging on the seam below.
c. Photography. A narrow strip of albumen, gelatin, or india-rubber along the edge of a collodion dry plate.
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1885 W. de W. Abney Photogr. with Emulsions (ed. 3) 247 The plate is given an edging by placing the moistened end of the spill beneath the thumb of the right hand, and drawing it round the edge of the plate. By this means a ‘safe edge’ is given to it.
4. Lace made to be sewn on to the edge of some article of dress. Shorter form of edging-lace.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > ornamental textiles > ornamental trimmings > [noun] > lace > for edging
edging1558
pearling1566
1558 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories Archdeaconry Richmond (1853) 127 Vj yeards of edgine xxd.
1716 London Gaz. No. 5438/4 Two Quarter Boxes of Lace and Edgings.
1750 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) II. 555 I have got your harp shell, and will send it you, and the Elizabeth edging.
1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 387/1Edgings’, or the several kinds of cheap lace used for the bordering of caps and other female requirements.
5. The action of moving by insensible degrees; attributive, as in edging movement.
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the world > movement > rate of motion > slowness > [noun] > gradual movement
working1683
edging1879
creepage1903
1879 A. Forbes Daily News 16 Apr. 3/2 A kind of side~long edging movement.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

edgingadj.

Brit. /ˈɛdʒɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈɛdʒɪŋ/
Etymology: < edge v.1 + -ing suffix2.
That moves by imperceptible degrees.

Derivatives

ˈedgingly adv.
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the world > movement > rate of motion > slowness > [adverb] > gradually
edgingly1747
1747 S. Richardson Clarissa II. xxxi. 193 The new-made Beau aukwardly followed, but more edgingly.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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