Lewis & Short

ē-dŏlo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to cut or hew out, to prepare by hewing.

  1. * I. Lit.: lingulas, Col. 8, 11, 4.
  2. II. Trop., to work out, prepare, finish (rare): libellum, Varr. ap. Non. 448, 17: quod jusseras edolavi, Enn. ap. Cic. Att. 13, 47, 1 (cf. Rib. Trag. Fragm. p. 237): puerum, Varr. ap. Non. 392, 30.