Edge /(ĕj)/

Edge

n.
  1. The thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument; as, the edge of an ax, knife, sword, or scythe. (figuratively)
    He which hath the sharp sword with two edges.
    — Rev. ii. 12.
    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.

Phrases & Compounds
Edge joint
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
a molding whose section is made up of two curves meeting in an angle.
Edge plane
A plane for edging boards.
Edge play
a kind of swordplay in which backswords or cutlasses are used, and the edge, rather than the point, is employed.
Edge rail
A rail set on edge; -- applied to a rail of more depth than width.
Edge railway
a railway having the rails set on edge.
Edge stone
a curbstone.
Edge tool
Any tool or instrument having a sharp edge intended for cutting.
To be on edge
to be eager, impatient, or anxious.
on edge
See to be on edge.
To set the teeth on edge
to cause a disagreeable tingling sensation in the teeth, as by bringing acids into contact with them.

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.
    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.
    — Hayward.
  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.

Phrases & Compounds
To edge away [or] off
to increase the distance gradually from the shore, vessel, or other object.
To edge down
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
to advance gradually, but not directly, toward it.