comb. Form outside. [greek ektos]

n. Round dutch cheese with a red rind. [edam in holland]

—n. (pl. -ies) 1 circular movement of water causing a small whirlpool.

- movement of wind, smoke, etc. Resembling this. —v. (-ies, -ied) whirl round in eddies. [old english ed- again, back]

n. Place or state of great happiness, with reference to the abode of adam and eve at the creation. [hebrew, originally = delight]

—n. - boundary-line or margin of an area or surface.

- narrow surface of a thin object.

- meeting-line of surfaces.

- a sharpened side of a blade. B sharpness.

- brink of a precipice.

- edge-like thing, esp. The crest of a ridge.

- effectiveness, incisiveness; excitement. —v. (-ging) 1 advance, esp. Gradually or furtively.

- a provide with an edge or border. B form a border to.

- sharpen (a tool etc.). have the edge on (or over) have a slight advantage over. On edge tense and irritable. Set a person's teeth on edge (of taste or sound) cause an unpleasant nervous sensation. Take the edge off make less intense. [old english]

adj. (-ier, -iest) irritable; anxious. edgily adv. Edginess n.

v. (-t-) 1 assemble, prepare, or modify (written material for publication).

- be editor of (a newspaper etc.).

- take extracts from and collate (a film etc.) To form a unified sequence.

- a prepare (data) for processing by a computer. B alter (a text entered in a word processor etc.).

- a reword in order to correct, or to alter the emphasis. B (foll. By out) remove (a part) from a text etc. [latin edo edit- give out]

n. (also efta) european free trade association. [abbreviation]

n. Vivacity, dash. [french]

adv. - (prec. By indefinite or interrog. Pron.) Besides (someone else; nowhere else; who else?).

- instead (what else could i say?).

- otherwise; if not (run, (or) else you will be late). or else see *or1. [old english]