to edge

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

To move sideways; to move gradually.--Webster.

Well, says I, I must be a goin'; I can't think of paying eighty dollars. And I began to edge along a little.--Maj. Downing, May- day.

I danced with her at some on the balls, and thar I gin to edge up and talk tender at her, but she only laughed at my sweetnin'.--Robb, Squatter Life.

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