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What is the noun for edge?

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edge
  1. The boundary line of a surface.
  2. (geometry) A one-dimensional face of a polytope. In particular, the joining line between two vertices of a polygon; the place where two faces of a polyhedron meet.
  3. An advantage.
  4. (also figuratively) The thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument, such as an ax, knife, sword, or scythe; that which cuts as an edge does, or wounds deeply, etc.
  5. A sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; an extreme verge.
  6. Sharpness; readiness or fitness to cut; keenness; intenseness of desire.
  7. The border or part adjacent to the line of division; the beginning or early part (of a period of time)
  8. (cricket) A shot where the ball comes off the edge of the bat, often unintentionally.
  9. (graph theory) A connected pair of vertices in a graph.
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  11. Examples:
    1. “As I rounded the curve on the edge of the field, I saw a stretch of grass headland, and there were hares!”
      “The events of 1933, however, did give Phibun an edge over his rivals, which he skilfully built upon to gradually assert his dominance.”
      “On the criterion of competence, Clarke had the edge over his rivals.”
edging
  1. Something that forms, defines or marks the edge.
  2. (rock climbing) Technique involving the placement of the edge of the climbing shoe on a sharp hold.
  3. The operation of shaping or dressing the edge of anything, as of a piece of metal.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “These pieces of fabric will be used to make the decorative edging for the cushion.”
      “Should the garden be near a house with architectural pretensions, the garden edging must be in keeping with the building, and a neat tile of unobtrusive color is preferable.”
edgestitch
  1. One of a line of small stitches sewn close to an edge of a garment, either as decoration or to prevent fraying.
  2. Examples:
    1. “To edgestitch pockets on casual garments, begin and end with backstitches.”
      Edgestitch along the overlapped edges of each faux suede section.”
edgewear
  1. wear to the edge of something, such as a book or a mechanical component
edgeway
  1. A form of railway in which the road is causewayed up to the level of the top of the flanges.
edgework
  1. (sociology) Behaviour at the edge of what is normally allowed or accepted; risky or radical behaviour.
edgel
  1. (computer graphics) A pixel in an image that is recognised as the edge of something.
edger
  1. A tool that is used to trim the edges of a lawn.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Whenever I visited, he showed off his project for the week, such as an old lawn edger rescued from the neighbor's trash.”
      “Turf edger, turned steps, tempered steel blade, black baked enamel finish, varnished hardwood handle.”
      “It is therefore possible to split multiple sideboards without a board edger.”
edgepath
  1. (mathematics) A path comprising edges laid end to end.
edgelessness
  1. Lack of edge or edges; infinity.
edgestitches
  1. plural of edgestitch
edgepaths
  1. plural of edgepath
edgings
  1. plural of edging
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  3. Examples:
    1. “When I got tired of that I took up fire-gazing, watching the flames crusting the coals with rosy spark edgings.”
      “Pansies are fabulous for containers, edgings, borders, windowsill pots, or planted in masses of brilliant colors.”
      “They show conspicuous white edgings in the wing-coverts and an absence of a white neck-patch.”
edgels
  1. plural of edgel
edgers
  1. plural of edger
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Electric edgers, which are small disk sanders, are available for sanding these edges of the floor or they may be done by hand.”
      “I chose to put sand colored scalloped concrete border edgers against the outside pool edge and now only the lip shows on top.”
      “They're also great edgers for a traditional mixed border or to give a cutting border a finished appearance, and they thrive in containers.”
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