Emily Dickinson Lexicon

EDG'ING, n.

1. That which is added on the border, or which forms the edge; as lace, fringe, trimming, added to a garment for ornament. Bordered with a rosy edging. Dryden.
2. A narrow lace.
3. In gardening, a row of small plants set along the border of a flower-bed; as, an edging of box. Encyc.