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PREFERRED TERM
Edge  
DEFINITION
  • n. From the Old English "ęcg" and Middle English "egge" "agge" "hegge" among others. The trimming of the edge, that is, the trimming which forms an edge to anything; a border, fringe, etc. sewn on the edge of a garment; a border surrounding a flower-bed; and the like.
ENTRY TERMS
  • border
BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION
  • Simpson, John; Weiner, Edmund (eds). The Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford : Clarendon Press ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1989. [www.oed.com]
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Frise

French

Fregio

Italian

Cenefa

Spanish

cenefas
URI
http://data.silknow.org/vocabulary/775
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