edgelingとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From 中期英語 eggelyng, eghelynge (also eggelynges), from 古期英語 eċġlinga (“on the edge”), equivalent to edge +‎ -ling.

副詞

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.

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