edgern.
/ˈɛdʒə/, U.S. /ˈɛdʒər/ 1. One who edges or puts an edge on anything.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > [noun] > embroidery or ornamental sewing > other types of embroidery > one who
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sprigger1832
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1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. at Bordador An imbroderer, an edger.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > lily and allied flowers > tulip
lily narcissus1578
tulip1578
Turk's cap1597
breeder1660
fool's coat1669
morilliona1678
edger1688
eger1706
chequered tulip1759
parrot tulip?1786
verport1798
Rembrandt1829
bybloemen1843
wild tulip1861
Darwin tulip1889
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 115/1 Edgers are the spring or first ripe Tulipa's.
1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique Edger, a plant whose leaves are edged with white or yellow.
3. Mechanics. (See quot. 1874.)
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1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Edger, a circular saw..by which the bark [etc.] are ripped from slab-boards.
4. An operative in various crafts.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > worker performing process or spec. task > [noun] > workers performing other tasks or processes
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roller1616
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waterleadera1650
scooper1668
smiter1670
puncher1681
staker1688
crusher1794
hardener1796
reamer1822
piledriver1826
catcher1832
waterproofer1837
middler1847
culler1850
hanger-on1858
pitcher1865
bumper1871
fine liner1871
bricksetter1883
waxer1890
bottle-oh1898
edger1909
bottle-o-er1915
caster1921
recycler1970
linesperson1973
1909 Daily Chron. 26 June 8/5 Optician's Edger wanted.
1921 Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) §105 Edger, a fettler who smoothes edges and joints of clay ware articles with a knife, leather or sponge before firing.
1921 Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) §429 Black edger (gloves);..stains, with a blackened pad, as received from machinist, the white edge left on black kid gloves.
5. Cricket. A ball that is deflected with the edge of the bat.
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1905 Daily Chron. 16 Aug. 5/6 Aided by an extraordinary quantity of luck in respect of edgers and extras, the Australians succeeded in getting within 67 of the English total.
1906 Daily Chron. 28 July 7/5 Tunnicliffe, who repeated that edger and then mis-hit one just short of Goatly at mid-on.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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