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Edge   /ɛdʒ/   Listen
noun
Edge  n.  
1.
The thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument; as, the edge of an ax, knife, sword, or scythe. Hence, (figuratively), That which cuts as an edge does, or wounds deeply, etc. "He which hath the sharp sword with two edges." "Slander, Whose edge is sharper than the sword."
2.
Any sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; extreme verge; as, the edge of a table, a precipice. "Upon the edge of yonder coppice." "In worst extremes, and on the perilous edge Of battle." "Pursue even to the very edge of destruction."
3.
Sharpness; readiness or fitness to cut; keenness; intenseness of desire. "The full edge of our indignation." "Death and persecution lose all the ill that they can have, if we do not set an edge upon them by our fears and by our vices."
4.
The border or part adjacent to the line of division; the beginning or early part; as, in the edge of evening. "On the edge of winter."
Edge joint (Carp.), a joint formed by two edges making a corner.
Edge mill, a crushing or grinding mill in which stones roll around on their edges, on a level circular bed; used for ore, and as an oil mill. Called also Chilian mill.
Edge molding (Arch.), a molding whose section is made up of two curves meeting in an angle.
Edge plane.
(a)
(Carp.) A plane for edging boards.
(b)
(Shoemaking) A plane for edging soles.
Edge play, a kind of swordplay in which backswords or cutlasses are used, and the edge, rather than the point, is employed.
Edge rail. (Railroad)
(a)
A rail set on edge; applied to a rail of more depth than width.
(b)
A guard rail by the side of the main rail at a switch.
Edge railway, a railway having the rails set on edge.
Edge stone, a curbstone.
Edge tool.
(a)
Any tool or instrument having a sharp edge intended for cutting.
(b)
A tool for forming or dressing an edge; an edging tool.
To be on edge,
(a)
to be eager, impatient, or anxious.
(b)
to be irritable or nervous.
on edge,
(a)
See to be on edge.
(b)
See to set the teeth on edge.
To set the teeth on edge,
(a)
to cause a disagreeable tingling sensation in the teeth, as by bringing acids into contact with them. (archaic)
(b)
to produce a disagreeable or unpleasant sensation; to annoy or repel; often used of sounds; as, the screeching of of the subway train wheels sets my teeth on edge.


verb
Edge  v. t.  (past & past part. edged; pres. part. edging)  
1.
To furnish with an edge as a tool or weapon; to sharpen. "To edge her champion's sword."
2.
To shape or dress the edge of, as with a tool.
3.
To furnish with a fringe or border; as, to edge a dress; to edge a garden with box. "Hills whose tops were edged with groves."
4.
To make sharp or keen, figuratively; to incite; to exasperate; to goad; to urge or egg on. (Obs.) "By such reasonings, the simple were blinded, and the malicious edged."
5.
To move by little and little or cautiously, as by pressing forward edgewise; as, edging their chairs forwards.


Edge  v. i.  
1.
To move sideways; to move gradually; as, edge along this way.
2.
To sail close to the wind. "I must edge up on a point of wind."
To edge away or To edge off (Naut.), to increase the distance gradually from the shore, vessel, or other object.
To edge down (Naut.), to approach by slow degrees, as when a sailing vessel approaches an object in an oblique direction from the windward.
To edge in, to get in edgewise; to get in by degrees.
To edge in with, as with a coast or vessel (Naut.), to advance gradually, but not directly, toward it.





Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48


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... has read it in the previous year, but he is sure his children will be interested and delighted by it; and, for himself, he likes nothing better than to read over and over a book he knows and loves. He puts down his knife as he speaks, and plays with his tea-spoon on the edge of the cup. ...
— Trumps • George William Curtis
... exquisite beauty. Her tiny form was wrapped in the purest muslin, and a light blue cashmere shawl was thrown negligently over her. One little foot, encased in a delicate slipper, hung over the edge of the couch, and her long dark curls fell about the pillow in ...
— The Elm Tree Tales • F. Irene Burge Smith
... that it seemed highly probable that the title would stick to it for ever. "Up Giant's Castle way" was quite a familiar direction to any one ascending the "coombe," or following the precipitous and narrow path which wound along the edge of the cliffs to certain pastures where shepherds as well as sheep were in daily danger of landslips, and which to the ordinary pedestrian were signalled by a warning board as "Dangerous." But "Giant's Castle" itself was merely the larger and loftier of the two towering rocks which ...
— The Treasure of Heaven - A Romance of Riches • Marie Corelli
... six sheets of thin blank paper, say 81/2 x 11 inches. Take the first sheet, and telling the subject to watch what you do, fold it once, and in the middle of the folded edge tear out or cut out a small notch; then ask the subject to tell you how many holes there will be in the paper when it is unfolded. The correct answer, one, is nearly always given without hesitation. But whatever the answer, unfold ...
— The Measurement of Intelligence • Lewis Madison Terman
... seeking the "lost" sheep. The one that has wandered far away, and now no longer hears the sound of the Shepherd's voice! The one that is carelessly nibbling the herbage on the very edge of perdition! He is looking for this one. Is He therefore looking for ...
— My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year • John Henry Jowett


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