edgeling

English

Alternative forms

• edgelings, edgelong

Etymology

From Middle English eggelyng, eghelynge (also eggelynges), from Old English eċġlinga (“on the edge”), equivalent to edge +‎ -ling.

Adverb

edgeling (comparative more edgeling, superlative most edgeling)

1. (archaic) With the edge.
2. (archaic) On, toward, or from the edge; edgeways.
   • 1778, Francis Hargrave, A Complete Collection of State-Trials and Proceedings for High-Treason and and other Crimes and Misdemeanours:

     Nay, on the contrary, I think it morally impossible for any Body, that is much broader than 'tis thick, if it casually gets edgewise between two Stakes, whose Distance will not let it lie flat, but it must continue more or less edgeling, 'till 'tis disintangled.

Related terms

• edgewise