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  • English Word Edgeless Definition Without an edge; not sharp; blunt; obtuse; as, an edgeless sword or weapon.
  • English Word Edgelong Definition In the direction of the edge.
  • English Word Edgeshot Definition Having an edge planed, -- said of a board.
  • English Word Edgeways Definition Alt. of Edgewise
  • English Word Edgewise Definition With the edge towards anything; in the direction of the edge.
  • English Word Edging Definition of Edge
  • English Word Edging Definition That which forms an edge or border, as the fringe, trimming, etc., of a garment, or a border in a garden.
  • English Word Edging Definition The operation of shaping or dressing the edge of anything, as of a piece of metal.
  • English Word Edgingly Definition Gradually; gingerly.
  • English Word Edgy Definition Easily irritated; sharp; as, an edgy temper.
  • English Word Edgy Definition Having some of the forms, such as drapery or the like, too sharply defined.
  • English Word Edh Definition The name of the Anglo-Saxon letter /, capital form /. It is sounded as "English th in a similar word: //er, other, d//, doth."
  • English Word Edibility Definition Suitableness for being eaten; edibleness.
  • English Word Edible Definition Fit to be eaten as food; eatable; esculent; as, edible fishes.
  • English Word Edible Definition Anything edible.
  • English Word Edibleness Definition Suitableness for being eaten.
  • English Word Edict Definition A public command or ordinance by the sovereign power; the proclamation of a law made by an absolute authority, as if by the very act of announcement; a decree; as, the edicts of the Roman emperors; the edicts of the French monarch.
  • English Word Edictal Definition Relating to, or consisting of, edicts; as, the Roman edictal law.
  • English Word Edificant Definition Building; constructing.
  • English Word Edification Definition The act of edifying, or the state of being edified; a building up, especially in a moral or spiritual sense; moral, intellectual, or spiritual improvement; instruction.
  • English Word Edification Definition A building or edifice.
  • English Word Edificatory Definition Tending to edification.
  • English Word Edifice Definition A building; a structure; an architectural fabric; -- chiefly applied to elegant houses, and other large buildings; as, a palace, a church, a statehouse.
  • English Word Edificial Definition Pertaining to an edifice; structural.
  • English Word Edified Definition of Edify
  • English Word Edifier Definition One who builds.
  • English Word Edifier Definition One who edifies, builds up, or strengthens another by moral or religious instruction.
  • English Word Edify Definition To build; to construct.
  • English Word Edify Definition To instruct and improve, especially in moral and religious knowledge; to teach.
  • English Word Edify Definition To teach or persuade.