Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One that edges, such as a tool for trimming the edge of a lawn.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A circular saw for squaring the edges of lumber cut directly from the whole log; an edging-saw: usually double, hence called
double edger . Seesaw . - noun In leather-working, a tool for trimming the edges of shoesoles, straps, harness, etc.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
tool that is used totrim theedges of alawn
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a person who puts finishing edges on a garment
- noun garden tool for cutting grass around the edges of a yard
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Examples
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When you look carefully at Republican Speaker John Boehner's spending proposal for the rest of 2011 you'd think these guys must have been hanging out on one of those newly-discovered exo-planets on the outer edger of our solar system.
Robert Creamer: Cut Head Start But Keep Subsidies for Big Oil? Earth to Boehner...Come In! Robert Creamer 2011
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You have to get rid of kitschy bird bath and your bear totem pole that you got in college that the neighbors hate and pull out that edger.
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The idea turned an old popcorn can, some wires and an edger into the Weed Eater.
Dance Studio Owner Invented Weed Eater Stephen Miller 2011
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Drawing from that inspiration, he rigged up an old popcorn can with some wires and hooked it to a rotating edger, and the first string trimmer was born.
Dance Studio Owner Invented Weed Eater Stephen Miller 2011
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Drawing from that inspiration, he rigged up an old popcorn can with some wires and hooked it to a rotating edger, and the first string trimmer was born.
Dance Studio Owner Invented Weed Eater Stephen Miller 2011
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When you look carefully at Republican Speaker John Boehner's spending proposal for the rest of 2011 you'd think these guys must have been hanging out on one of those newly-discovered exo-planets on the outer edger of our solar system.
Robert Creamer: Cut Head Start But Keep Subsidies for Big Oil? Earth to Boehner...Come In! Robert Creamer 2011
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The idea turned an old popcorn can, some wires and an edger into the Weed Eater.
Dance Studio Owner Invented Weed Eater Stephen Miller 2011
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Mum resignedly started hunting around for something that looked like an “edger” while Dad began to get exasperated with the waiting.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Family Matters Jack Canfield 2010
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Mum was getting harried still searching for the elusive edger.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Family Matters Jack Canfield 2010
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A power edger and a power trimmer were stolen from an open trailer.
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