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Edge , 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.]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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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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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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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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Set , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Set; p. pr. & vb. n. Setting.] [OE. setten, AS. setton; akin to OS. settian, OFries. setta, D. zetten, OHG. sezzen, G. setzen, Icel. setja, Sw. sätta, Dan. stte, Goth. satjan; causative from the root of E. sit. √154. See Sit, and cf. Seize.]To cause to sit; to make to assume a specified position or attitude; to give site or place to; to place; to put; to fix; as, to set a house on a stone foundation; to set a book on a shelf; to set a dish on a table; to set a chest or trunk on its bottom or on end.
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I do set my bow in the cloud.
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Hence, to attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.
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Set your affection on things above.
Col. iii. 2.

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The Lord set a mark upon Cain.
Gen. iv. 15.

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To make to assume specified place, condition, or occupation; to put in a certain condition or state (described by the accompanying words); to cause to be.
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The Lord thy God will set thee on high.
Deut. xxviii. 1.

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I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother.
Matt. x. 35.

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Every incident sets him thinking.
Coleridge.

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To fix firmly; to make fast, permanent, or stable; to render motionless; to give an unchanging place, form, or condition to. Specifically: --
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(a) To cause to stop or stick; to obstruct; to fasten to a spot; hence, to occasion difficulty to; to embarrass; as, to set a coach in the mud.
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They show how hard they are set in this particular.
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(b) To fix beforehand; to determine; hence, to make unyielding or obstinate; to render stiff, unpliant, or rigid; as, to set one's countenance.
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His eyes were set by reason of his age.
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On these three objects his heart was set.
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Make my heart as a millstone, set my face as a flint.
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(c) To fix in the ground, as a post or a tree; to plant; as, to set pear trees in an orchard.
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(d) To fix, as a precious stone, in a border of metal; to place in a setting; hence, to place in or amid something which serves as a setting; as, to set glass in a sash.
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And him too rich a jewel to be set
In vulgar metal for a vulgar use.
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(e) To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle; as, to set milk for cheese.
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To put into a desired position or condition; to adjust; to regulate; to adapt. Specifically: -- 
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(a) To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare; as, to set (that is, to hone) a razor; to set a saw.
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Tables for to sette, and beddes make.
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(b) To extend and bring into position; to spread; as, to set the sails of a ship.
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(c) To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote; as, to set a psalm.
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(d) To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state; to replace; as, to set a broken bone.
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(e) To make to agree with some standard; as, to set a watch or a clock.
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(f) (Masonry) To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.
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To stake at play; to wager; to risk.
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I have set my life upon a cast,
And I will stand the hazard of the die.
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To fit with music; to adapt, as words to notes; to prepare for singing.
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Set thy own songs, and sing them to thy lute.
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To determine; to appoint; to assign; to fix; as, to set a time for a meeting; to set a price on a horse.
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To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.
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High on their heads, with jewels richly set,
Each lady wore a radiant coronet.
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Pastoral dales thin set with modern farms.
Wordsworth.

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To value; to rate; -- with at.
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Be you contented, wearing now the garland,
To have a son set your decrees at naught.
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I do not set my life at a pin's fee.
Shak.

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To point out the seat or position of, as birds, or other game; -- said of hunting dogs.
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To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign; as, to set an example; to set lessons to be learned.
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To suit; to become; as, it sets him ill. [Scot.]
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(Print.) To compose; to arrange in words, lines, etc.; as, to set type; to set a page.
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 To set abroach. See Abroach. [Obs.] Shak. -- To set against, to oppose; to set in comparison with, or to oppose to, as an equivalent in exchange; as, to set one thing against another. -- To set agoing, to cause to move. -- To set apart, to separate to a particular use; to separate from the rest; to reserve. -- To set a saw, to bend each tooth a little, every alternate one being bent to one side, and the intermediate ones to the other side, so that the opening made by the saw may be a little wider than the thickness of the back, to prevent the saw from sticking. -- To set aside. (a) To leave out of account; to pass by; to omit; to neglect; to reject; to annul.
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Setting aside all other considerations, I will endeavor to know the truth, and yield to that.
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(b) To set apart; to reserve; as, to set aside part of one's income. (c) (Law) See under Aside. -- To set at defiance, to defy. -- To set at ease, to quiet; to tranquilize; as, to set the heart at ease. -- To set at naught, to undervalue; to contemn; to despise. “Ye have set at naught all my counsel.” Prov. i. 25. -- To set a trap To set a snare, or To set a gin, to put it in a proper condition or position to catch prey; hence, to lay a plan to deceive and draw another into one's power. -- To set at work, or To set to work. (a) To cause to enter on work or action, or to direct how tu enter on work. (b) To apply one's self; -- used reflexively. -- To set before. (a) To bring out to view before; to exhibit. (b) To propose for choice to; to offer to. -- To set by. (a) To set apart or on one side; to reject. (b) To attach the value of (anything) to. “I set not a straw by thy dreamings.” Chaucer. -- To set by the compass, to observe and note the bearing or situation of by the compass. -- To set case, to suppose; to assume. Cf. Put case, under Put, v. t. [Obs.] Chaucer. -- To set down. (a) To enter in writing; to register.
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Some rules were to be set down for the government of the army.
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(b) To fix; to establish; to ordain.
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This law we may name eternal, being that order which God . . . hath set down with himself, for himself to do all things by.
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(c) To humiliate. -- To set eyes on, to see; to behold; to fasten the eyes on. -- To set fire to, or To set on fire, to communicate fire to; fig., to inflame; to enkindle the passions of; to irritate. -- To set flying (Naut.), to hook to halyards, sheets, etc., instead of extending with rings or the like on a stay; -- said of a sail. -- To set forth. (a) To manifest; to offer or present to view; to exhibt; to display. (b) To publish; to promulgate; to make appear. Waller. (c) To send out; to prepare and send. [Obs.]
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The Venetian admiral had a fleet of sixty galleys, set forth by the Venetians.
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-- To set forward. (a) To cause to advance. (b) To promote. -- To set free, to release from confinement, imprisonment, or bondage; to liberate; to emancipate. -- To set in, to put in the way; to begin; to give a start to. [Obs.]
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If you please to assist and set me in, I will recollect myself.
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-- To set in order, to adjust or arrange; to reduce to method. “The rest will I set in order when I come.” 1 Cor. xi. 34. -- To set milk. (a) To expose it in open dishes in order that the cream may rise to the surface. (b) To cause it to become curdled as by the action of rennet. See 4 (e). -- To set much by or To set little by, to care much, or little, for. -- To set of, to value; to set by. [Obs.] “I set not an haw of his proverbs.” Chaucer. -- To set off. (a) To separate from a whole; to assign to a particular purpose; to portion off; as, to set off a portion of an estate. (b) To adorn; to decorate; to embellish.
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They . . . set off the worst faces with the best airs.
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(c) To give a flattering description of. -- To set off against, to place against as an equivalent; as, to set off one man's services against another's. -- To set on or To set upon. (a) To incite; to instigate. “Thou, traitor, hast set on thy wife to this.” Shak. (b) To employ, as in a task. “ Set on thy wife to observe.” Shak. (c) To fix upon; to attach strongly to; as, to set one's heart or affections on some object. See definition 2, above. -- To set one's cap for. See under Cap, n. -- To set one's self against, to place one's self in a state of enmity or opposition to. -- To set one's teeth, to press them together tightly. -- To set on foot, to set going; to put in motion; to start. -- To set out. (a) To assign; to allot; to mark off; to limit; as, to set out the share of each proprietor or heir of an estate; to set out the widow's thirds. (b) To publish, as a proclamation. [Obs.] (c) To adorn; to embellish.
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An ugly woman, in rich habit set out with jewels, nothing can become.
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(d) To raise, equip, and send forth; to furnish. [R.]
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The Venetians pretend they could set out, in case of great necessity, thirty men-of-war.
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(e) To show; to display; to recommend; to set off.
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I could set out that best side of Luther.
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(f) To show; to prove. [R.] “Those very reasons set out how heinous his sin was.” Atterbury. (g) (Law) To recite; to state at large. -- To set over. (a) To appoint or constitute as supervisor, inspector, ruler, or commander. (b) To assign; to transfer; to convey. -- To set right, to correct; to put in order. -- To set sail. (Naut.) See under Sail, n. -- To set store by, to consider valuable. -- To set the fashion, to determine what shall be the fashion; to establish the mode. -- To set the teeth on edge, to affect the teeth with a disagreeable sensation, as when acids are brought in contact with them. -- To set the watch (Naut.), to place the starboard or port watch on duty. -- To set to, to attach to; to affix to. “He . . . hath set to his seal that God is true.” John iii. 33. -- To set up. (a) To erect; to raise; to elevate; as, to set up a building, or a machine; to set up a post, a wall, a pillar. (b) Hence, to exalt; to put in power. “I will . . . set up the throne of David over Israel.” 2 Sam. iii. 10. (c) To begin, as a new institution; to institute; to establish; to found; as, to set up a manufactory; to set up a school. (d) To enable to commence a new business; as, to set up a son in trade. (e) To place in view; as, to set up a mark. (f) To raise; to utter loudly; as, to set up the voice.
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I'll set up such a note as she shall hear.
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(g) To advance; to propose as truth or for reception; as, to set up a new opinion or doctrine. T. Burnet. (h) To raise from depression, or to a sufficient fortune; as, this good fortune quite set him up. (i) To intoxicate. [Slang] (j) (Print.) To put in type; as, to set up copy; to arrange in words, lines, etc., ready for printing; as, to set up type. -- To set up the rigging (Naut.), to make it taut by means of tackles. R. H. Dana, Jr.
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Syn. -- See Put.
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