Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To bind or make tight with edder; fasten, as the tops of hedge-stakes, by interweaving edder.
- noun An adder; a serpent.
- noun A fish like a mackerel.
- noun A hedge.
- noun The binding at the top of stakes used in making hedges. Sometimes called
eddering. Wright . - noun In Scotland, straw ropes used in thatching corn-ricks.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.), Prov. Eng. An adder or serpent.
- transitive verb obsolete To bind the top interweaving edder.
- noun obsolete Flexible wood worked into the top of hedge stakes, to bind them together.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Flexible
wood worked into the top ofhedge stakes , tobind them together. - verb obsolete To
bind the top interweaving edder.
Etymologies
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Examples
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April 19, 2010 at 3:01 pm don u expekt me tu dance, edder.
This is as physical as I care to get. - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2010
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The op-edder makes several references to science fiction, including this tall tale: “No, the scientists aren't out to find life as we know it from science fiction -- people and starships and societies where Wall Street is irrelevant -- but more basic stuff in the microbial realm.”
Science Fiction: People and Starships and Societies Where Wall Street is Relevant Paul 2008
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She kicks off her column by explaining how salt-of-the-earth and chip-off-the-old-block she is, lest you have any false assumptions that a longtime New York Times op-edder would be anything but the common man or woman.
Hullabaloo 2008
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May 16, 2008 at 2:43 pm owchie owchie edder wayz has enny happi gaz
…and dats how birth werks. - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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I noe haz dem edder, but the Cheezfrens maeks eberyting ezer 2 tries.
Not without my blankie! - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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Perhaps the op-edder should ask Santa for a copy of “Tenbrook of Mars” 2008, a science fiction novella by Dean McLaughlin that features people and starships and societies where Wall Street is relevant.
Science Fiction: People and Starships and Societies Where Wall Street is Relevant Paul 2008
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September 7, 2008 at 2:47 am o deer, dat nawt wurk edder. sorree ebrewun
TIME - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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Perhaps the op-edder should ask Santa for a copy of “Tenbrook of Mars” 2008, a science fiction novella by Dean McLaughlin that features people and starships and societies where Wall Street is relevant.
Archive 2008-11-01 Paul 2008
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The op-edder makes several references to science fiction, including this tall tale: “No, the scientists aren't out to find life as we know it from science fiction -- people and starships and societies where Wall Street is irrelevant -- but more basic stuff in the microbial realm.”
Archive 2008-11-01 Paul 2008
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April 14, 2008 at 4:45 pm now kitkay dat culd mean you edder got it or you dint.
we’re in ur iliad stealin ur myths - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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