Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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EDGIT, n. A kind of grubber or horse-hoe.e.Lth. 1784 Trans. Highl. Soc. (1816) IV. 571:
It was called an Edget. The times were fixed, standing perpendicular,—the feet not dipping, but forming a right angle with the tines. The wheels were only two.
[An aphetic form, by wrong division, of se.Eng. dial. a nidget, id., of obscure orig.]
