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Tedder vs Edder - What's the difference?

tedder | edder |

As nouns the difference between tedder and edder

is that tedder is a machine for stirring and spreading hay, to expedite its drying while edder is flexible wood worked into the top of hedge stakes, to bind them together or edder can be an adder or snake.

As verbs the difference between tedder and edder

is that tedder is while edder is (obsolete) to bind the top interweaving edder.

tedder

English

Etymology 1

Noun

(en noun)
  • A machine for stirring and spreading hay, to expedite its drying.

    • Etymology 2

    Verb

    (en verb)
    • (Webster 1913)

    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)