- 3. Transporting, ravishing, rapturous, surpassingly or supremely delightful, enrapturing, beatific.
Ectype, n. Close or exact copy, reproduction.
Ecumenic, Ecumenical, a. [Written also (Œcumenic and (Œcumenical.] General (applied especially to councils of the Church), universal.
Edacious, a. Greedy, voracious, devouring.
Eddish, n. [Written also Eadish.] Eagrass, earsh, etch. See aftermath.
Eddy, n.
- 1. Counter-current.
- 2. Whirlpool, vortex.
Edentate, Edentated, a. Toothless.
Edge, n.
- 1. Cutting side (of a blade).
- 2. Border, rim, brim, margin, verge, brink; beginning or end, opening or close (as the case may be).
- 3. Keenness, sharpness, intensity, interest, animation, zest.
- 4. Power to wound, sharpness, sting, acrimony, bitterness, gall.
Edge, v. a.
- 1. Sharpen.
- 2. Fringe, border, rim.
- 3. Move sideways, move little by little, hitch up, hitch along.
Edge, v. n. Move sideways, move little by little, hitch along.
Edge-bone, n. Aitchbone, natchbone, rump-bone.
Edging, n. Fringe, border, trimming.
Edible, a. Eatable, esculent.
Edict, n. Command, order, decree, rescript, mandate, ordinance, proclamation, ban.