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Edder vs Edger - What's the difference?

edder | edger |

As nouns the difference between edder and edger

is that edder is flexible wood worked into the top of hedge stakes, to bind them together or edder can be an adder or snake while edger is a tool that is used to trim the edges of a lawn.

As a verb edder

is (obsolete) to bind the top interweaving edder.

edder

English

Etymology 1

(etyl) ; akin to (etar).

Noun

(en noun)
  • Flexible wood worked into the top of hedge stakes, to bind them together.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To bind the top interweaving edder.
    • to edder a hedge

    Etymology 2

    See adder.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An adder or snake.
    • (Wright)
    (Webster 1913)

    edger

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia edger) (en noun)
  • A tool that is used to trim the edges of a lawn

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