Defn: The office of ædile. T. Arnold.
EDINGTONITE
Ed"ing*ton*ite, n. (Min.)
Defn: A grayish white zeolitic mineral, in tetragonal crystals. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and baryta.
EDIT
Ed"it, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Edited; p. pr. & vb. n. Editing.] Etym:
[F. éditer, or L. editus, p. p. of edere to give out, put forth,
publish; e out + dare to give. See Date a point of time.]
Defn: To superintend the publication of; to revise and prepare for publication; to select, correct, arrange, etc., the matter of, for publication; as, to edit a newspaper. Philosophical treatises which have never been edited. Enfield.
EDITION
E*di"tion, n. Etym: [L. editio, fr. edere to publish; cf. F. édition.
See Edit.]
1. A literary work edited and published, as by a certain editor or in a certain manner; as, a good edition of Chaucer; Chalmers' edition of Shakespeare.
2. The whole number of copies of a work printed and published at one time; as, the first edition was soon sold.
EDITION DE LUXE
É`di`tion" de luxe". Etym: [F.]
Defn: See Luxe.