† ˈedgeling, -long, adv.
Also 4 egge-, eghelynge(s.
[f. edge n. + -ling, as in backlings adv. (OE. bæcling); for the corrupt form -long cf. sidelong, headlong.]
a. With the edge. b. On the edge; edgeways.
| ? a 1400 Morte Arth. 3675 Upcynes eghelynge þay ochene þare aftyre. 1489 Caxton Faytes of A. i. ix. 24 They scorned them that smote edgelyng. 1580 Hollyband Treas. Fr. Tong, Fraper d'estoc & de taille, to strike both foyning and edgeling. 1603 Florio Montaigne ii. xii. (1632) 330 It is hard, be it flat-long, side-long, or edge-long, but an ingenious..wit shal..meet with some aire that wil fit his turn. 1611 Cotgr., s.v. Az, A dye that stands edgeling, so as tis doubtfull what chance it will yeeld. |