Finishing of the edges of plywood by covering them with wood strips or wood banding or filling them in with spackle or putty. Butt edging is keeping the edges of the plywood square when a strip is applied, with mitered butt edging involving mitering of the edge and securing a wood strip.
Edge venting
The installation of vent material along a roof edge (e.g., Starter Vent) as part of a ventilation system. Edge vent material should be used in conjunction with other venting material (e.g., ridge vent) as it not intended for use by itself.
Edge void
Plywood panel defect, which is caused by the inner, plies splitting or breaking away during manufacturing resulting in a gap in the edge of the panel.
Edge-defined film-fed growth (efg)
A method for making sheets of polycrystalline silicon (for solar photovoltaic devices) in which molten silicon is drawn upward by capillary action through a mold.
Edger
Hand tool used to round and compact the edges of wet concrete.
Edging
Trim along an edge. The finishing of a concrete edge with an edger or painting along an edge.
Edging strips
Boards nailed along eaves and rakes to provide secure edges for reroofing with asphalt shingle after cutting back existing wood shingles.
Edifice
Large building or structure of any kind.
Edison base
The porcelain base that holds a light bulb of fuse socket and terminal where electrical wiring is attached.
Eductor
A device utilizing a nozzle and throat, installed in a stream of water to create a partial vacuum to draw air or liquid into the stream; commonly used to draw regeneration chemicals into an ion exchange water treatment system, such a softener or deionizer.
