edge tool (ejtol)

[ zif any egge tol wol entre in-to his bod i, I wol do him to the deth and more re despit ouere. William of Palerne (E. E. T. 8.), 1. 3755. a row of plants set along the border of a flowerbed: as, an edging of box. Yon edging of Pines On the steep's lofty verge. Words worth, In the Simplon Pa . 3. In bookbinding: (a) The art of preparing the uncut or folded leaves of a book by shaving or trimming, adapting them to receive gold, marbling, or color, and burnishing. (b) The decorating of the edges of a book by marbling or coloring.-4. In carp., the evening of the edges of ribs and rafters to make them range together. edging-iron (ej'ing-i"èrn), n. In gardening, a sickle-shaped cutting-tool, with the edge the convex side, used for cutting out the edges of paths and roads and the outlines of figures, etc., in turf. edgingly (ej'ing-li), adv. Carefully; gingerly. [Rare.] The new beau awkwardly followed, but more edgingly , as I may say, setting his feet mincingly, to avoid treading upon his leader's heels. Richardson , Clari a Harlowe, II. 220. A saw for squaring