Edging

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  • noun. Something that forms or serves as an edge or border.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. In photography, a coat of albumen, gelatin, or india-rubber along the edges of a collodion-covered dry-plate; a protection to the film during development. Generally the whole surface of the plate is given a substratum for the collodion.
  • noun. That which is added on the border or which forms the edge, as lace, fringe, or braid added to a garment for ornament; specifically, narrow lace or embroidery especially made for trimming frills and parts of dress.
  • noun. A border; a skirting; specifically, in horticulture, a row of plants set along the border of a flower-bed: as, an edging of box.
  • noun. In bookbinding: 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.
  • noun. The decorating of the edges of a book by marbling or coloring.
  • noun. In carpentry, the evening of the edges of ribs and rafters to make them range together.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. That which forms an edge or border, as the fringe, trimming, etc., of a garment, or a border in a garden.
  • noun. The operation of shaping or dressing the edge of anything, as of a piece of metal.
  • noun. a machine tool with a revolving cutter, for dressing edges, as of boards, or metal plates, to a pattern or templet.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. Present participle of edge.
  • noun. Something that forms, defines or marks the edge.
  • noun. Technique involving the placement of the edge of the climbing shoe on a sharp hold.
  • noun. The operation of shaping or dressing the edge of anything, as of a piece of metal.
  • noun. To ability to control or delay one's orgasm
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. border consisting of anything placed on the edge to finish something (such as a fringe on clothing or on a rug)
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    border  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    fringe  orphrey  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    edge  frill  skirt  welt  welting  
    verb-stem
    edge