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   Edge (ĕj), n. [OE. eg, egge, AS. ecg; akin to OHG. ekka, G. ecke, Icel. & Sw. egg, Dan. eg, and to L. acies, Gr. ἀκή point, Skr. açri edge. √1.  Cf. Egg, v. t., Eager, Ear spike of corn, Acute.]
   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.
   
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   He which hath the sharp sword with two edges. Rev. ii. 12.
   
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   Slander,
   
   Whose edge is sharper than the sword. Shak.
   
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   2. Any sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; extreme verge; as, “the edge of a table, a precipice”.
   
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   Upon the edge of yonder coppice. Shak.
   
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   In worst extremes, and on the perilous edge
   
   Of battle. Milton.
   
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   Pursue even to the very edge of destruction. Sir W. Scott.
   
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   3. Sharpness; readiness or fitness to cut; keenness; intenseness of desire.
   
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   The full edge of our indignation. Sir W. Scott.
   
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   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. Jer. Taylor.
   
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   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.”  Milton.
   
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   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. Knight. -- 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]  Bacon.  (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”.
   
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   Edge (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Edged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Edging.]
   1. To furnish with an edge as a tool or weapon; to sharpen.
   
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   To edge her champion's sword. Dryden.
   
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   2. To shape or dress the edge of, as with a tool.
   
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   3. To furnish with a fringe or border; as, “to edge a dress; to edge a garden with box.”
   
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   Hills whose tops were edged with groves. Pope.
   
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   4. To make sharp or keen, figuratively; to incite; to exasperate; to goad; to urge or egg on. [Obs.]
   
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   By such reasonings, the simple were blinded, and the malicious edged. Hayward.
   
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   5. To move by little and little or cautiously, as by pressing forward edgewise; as, “edging their chairs forwards”.  Locke.
   
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   Edge, v. i.
   1. To move sideways; to move gradually; as, “edge along this way”.
   
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   2. To sail close to the wind.
   
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   I must edge up on a point of wind. Dryden.
   
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   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.
   
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