"edgelong" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "Alteration of edgeling, equivalent to edge + -long.",
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          "ref": "1632 (first performance), Benjamin Jonson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “The Magnetick Lady: Or, Humors Reconcil’d. A Comedy […]”, in The Workes of Benjamin Jonson. The Second Volume. […] (Second Folio), London: […] Richard Meighen, published 1640, →OCLC:",
          "text": "Three hundred thousand pieces have you stuck edgelong into the ground.",
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          "text": "In the one there was nothing but some ashes; the other was full of Medals, set edgelong as full as it could be thrust: […]",
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        "Towards the edge; along the edge."
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        "(archaic) Towards the edge; along the edge."
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        "Towards the edge; along the edge."
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        "(archaic) Towards the edge; along the edge."
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