edi

a. [ L. edibilis, fr. edere to eat. See Eat. ] Fit to be eaten as food; eatable; esculent; as, edible fishes. Bacon. -- n. Anything edible. [ 1913 Webster ]

Edible bird's nest. See Bird's nest, 2. --
Edible crab (Zoöl.), any species of crab used as food, esp. the American blue crab (Callinectes hastatus). See Crab. --
Edible frog (Zoöl.), the common European frog (Rana esculenta), used as food. --
Edible snail (Zoöl.), any snail used as food, esp. Helix pomatia and H. aspersa of Europe. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Suitableness for being eaten. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. edictum, fr. edicere, edictum, to declare, proclaim; e out + dicere to say: cf. F. édit. See Diction. ] A public command or ordinance by the sovereign power; the proclamation of a law made by an absolute authority, as if by the very act of announcement; a decree; as, the edicts of the Roman emperors; the edicts of the French monarch. [ 1913 Webster ]

It stands as an edict in destiny. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Edict of Nantes (French Hist.), an edict issued by Henry IV. (A. D. 1598), giving toleration to Protestants. Its revocation by Louis XIV. (A. D. 1685) was followed by terrible persecutions and the expatriation of thousands of French Protestants.

Syn. -- Decree; proclamation; law; ordinance; statute; rule; order; manifesti; command. See Law. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Relating to, or consisting of, edicts; as, the Roman edictal law. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. aedificans, -antis, p. pr. of aedificare. See Edify. ] Building; constructing. [ R. ] Dugard. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. aedificatio: cf. F. édification. See Edify. ] 1. The act of edifying, or the state of being edified; a building up, especially in a moral or spiritual sense; moral, intellectual, or spiritual improvement; instruction. [ 1913 Webster ]

The assured edification of his church. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

Out of these magazines I shall supply the town with what may tend to their edification. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A building or edifice. [ Obs. ] Bullokar. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Tending to edification. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. aedificium, fr. aedificare: cf. F. édifice. See Edify. ] A building; a structure; an architectural fabric; -- chiefly applied to elegant houses, and other large buildings; as, a palace, a church, a statehouse. [ 1913 Webster ]