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fil
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Definition & Synonyms
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• Edge
- (v. t.) To furnish with an edge as a tool or weapon; to sharpen.
- (v. t.) Any sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; extreme verge; as, the edge of a table, a precipice.
- (v. t.) To furnish with a fringe or border; as, to edge a dress; to edge a garden with box.
- (v. t.) To move by little and little or cautiously, as by pressing forward edgewise; as, edging their chairs forwards.
- (v. t.) To make sharp or keen, figuratively; to incite; to exasperate; to goad; to urge or egg on.
- (v. t.) 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.
- (v. t.) To shape or dress the edge of, as with a tool.
- (v. t.) The border or part adjacent to the line of division; the beginning or early part; as, in the edge of evening.
- (v. t.) Sharpness; readiness of fitness to cut; keenness; intenseness of desire.
- (v. i.) To move sideways; to move gradually; as, edge along this way.
- (v. i.) To sail close to the wind.
Synonyms:
Abut, Adjoin, Border, Bound, Boundary, Butt, Fringe, Fringy, Inch, March, Margin, Marginal, Sharpness,
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• Edgebone
- (n.) Same as Aitchbone.
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• Edgeshot
- (a.) Having an edge planed, -- said of a board.
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