EDGING

verb

1. To move an object slowly and carefully in a particular direction.
2. To move slowly and carefully in a particular direction.
3. (usually in the form 'just edge') To win by a small margin.

noun

1. Something that forms, defines or marks the edge.
2. Technique involving the placement of the edge of the climbing shoe on a sharp hold.
3. The operation of shaping or dressing the edge of anything, as of a piece of metal.