a line or border at which a surface terminates: Grass grew along the edges of the road. The paper had deckle edges.
2.
a brink or verge: the edge of a cliff; the edge of disaster.
3.
any of the narrow surfaces of a thin, flat object: a book with gilt edges.
4.
a line at which two surfaces of a solid object meet: an edge of a box.
5.
the thin, sharp side of the blade of a cutting instrument or weapon.
6.
the sharpness proper to a blade: The knife has lost its edge.
7.
sharpness or keenness of language, argument, tone of voice, appetite, desire, etc.: The snack took the edge off his hunger. Her voice had an edge to it.
8.
BritishDialect. a hill or cliff.
9.
an improved position; advantage: He gained the edge on his opponent.
10.
Cards.
a.
advantage, esp. the advantage gained by being the age or eldest hand.
[Origin: bef. 1000; ME egge, OE ecg; c. G Ecke corner; akin to L aciés, Gk akís point]
—Related forms
edgeless, adjective
—Synonyms 1. rim, lip. Edge,border,margin refer to a boundary. An edge is the boundary line of a surface or plane: the edge of a table. Border is the boundary of a surface or the strip adjacent to it, inside or out: a border of lace. Margin is a limited strip, generally unoccupied, at the extremity of an area: the margin of a page.
O.E. ecg "corner, edge," also "sword," from P.Gmc. *agjo (cf. O.N. egg, see egg (v.); Ger. Eck "corner"), from PIE base *ak- "sharp, pointed" (cf. L. acies, Gk. akis "point;" see acrid). Spelling development of O.E. -cg to M.E. -gg to Mod.E. -dge represents a widespread shift in pronunciation. Verb meaning "to move edgeways (with the edge toward the spectator), advance slowly" is first recorded 1624, originally nautical. The verb meaning "urge on, incite" (16c.) is usually a mistake for egg (v.). Edge-ways "turned on edge" is from 1566. Edgy "tense and irritable" is attested from 1837. To get the edge on (someone) is U.S. colloquial, first recorded 1911. Edge city is from Joel Garreau's 1992 book of that name. Razor's edge as a perilous narrow path translates Gk. epi xyrou akmes. "As if it were possible for any of us to slide in a word edgewise" [Miss Mitford, 1824].
a line determining the limits of an area [syn: boundary]
3.
a sharp side formed by the intersection of two surfaces of an object; "he rounded the edges of the box"
4.
the attribute of urgency in tone of voice; "his voice had an edge to it"
5.
a slight competitive advantage; "he had an edge on the competition"
6.
the outside limit of an object or area or surface; a place farthest away from the center of something; "the edge of the leaf is wavy"; "she sat on the edge of the bed"; "the water's edge"
verb
1.
advance slowly, as if by inches; "He edged towards the car"
2.
provide with a border or edge; "edge the tablecloth with embroidery" [syn: border]
3.
lie adjacent to another or share a boundary; "Canada adjoins the U.S."; "England marches with Scotland" [syn: border]
the part farthest from the middle of something; a border Example: Don't put that cup so near the edge of the table — it will fall off; the edge of the lake; the water's edge
Arabic:
حافَّه، حَد
Chinese (Simplified):
边缘
Chinese (Traditional):
邊緣
Czech:
okraj; břeh
Danish:
kant
Dutch:
rand
Estonian:
serv
Finnish:
reuna, laita
French:
bord
German:
der Rand
Greek:
άκρη
Hungarian:
szél, szegély
Icelandic:
barmur, rönd, brún
Indonesian:
tepi
Italian:
margine, bordo, sponda
Japanese:
端
Korean:
가장자리
Latvian:
mala
Lithuanian:
kraštas
Norwegian:
(ut)kant, rand
Polish:
brzeg
Portuguese (Brazil):
beira
Portuguese (Portugal):
beira
Romanian:
margine
Russian:
край; кромка
Slovak:
okraj; breh
Slovenian:
rob
Spanish:
borde
Swedish:
kant, rand, bryn
Turkish:
kenar, kıyı
edge2[edʒ]noun
the cutting side of something sharp, eg a knife or weapon Example: the edge of the sword
Arabic:
حَرْف السَّيف أو السِّكّين
Chinese (Simplified):
刀口
Chinese (Traditional):
刀口
Czech:
ostří
Danish:
æg; skær
Dutch:
snijkant
Estonian:
lõikeserv
Finnish:
terä
French:
tranchant
German:
die Schneide
Greek:
κόψη
Hungarian:
él
Icelandic:
egg; bit
Indonesian:
mata pisau dll
Italian:
filo
Japanese:
刃
Korean:
(날붙이의) 날
Latvian:
asmens
Lithuanian:
ašmenys
Norwegian:
egg, odd, bitt
Polish:
ostrze
Portuguese (Brazil):
gume
Portuguese (Portugal):
gume
Romanian:
tăiş
Russian:
лезвие
Slovak:
ostrie
Slovenian:
rezilo
Spanish:
filo
Swedish:
egg
Turkish:
ağız
edge3[edʒ]noun
keenness; sharpness Example: The chocolate took the edge off his hunger.
Arabic:
حِدَّه
Chinese (Simplified):
强烈，锋利
Chinese (Traditional):
強烈，鋒利
Czech:
ostrost, intenzita
Danish:
det værste; brod
Dutch:
scherpte
Estonian:
teravus
Finnish:
terä, terävyys
French:
calmer
German:
die Schärfe
Greek:
ένταση, δριμύτητα
Hungarian:
élesség
Icelandic:
snarpleikur; skerpa; sárasta hungur
Indonesian:
ketajaman
Italian:
calmare
Japanese:
強烈さ
Korean:
(욕망 등의) 날카로움
Latvian:
asums
Lithuanian:
aštrumas
Norwegian:
brodd; skarphet
Polish:
ostrość
Portuguese (Brazil):
agudeza
Portuguese (Portugal):
intensidade
Romanian:
a astâmpăra
Russian:
острота
Slovak:
prudkosť
Slovenian:
ostrina
Spanish:
agudeza, intensidad
Swedish:
udd, häftighet
Turkish:
keskinlik
edge1[edʒ]verb
to form a border to Example: a handkerchief edged with lace
Arabic:
مُحاطٌ بحافَّةٍ من
Chinese (Simplified):
锁边
Chinese (Traditional):
鎖邊
Czech:
obroubit, lemovat
Danish:
kante
Dutch:
omranden
Estonian:
ääristama
Finnish:
reunustaa
French:
border
German:
umsäumen
Greek:
πλαισιώνω
Hungarian:
szegélyez
Icelandic:
brydda; afmarka
Indonesian:
bertepi
Italian:
orlare
Japanese:
縁どる
Korean:
가장자리를 달다, …의 테두리를 치다
Latvian:
apmalot
Lithuanian:
apvedžioti, apsiūti
Norwegian:
kante
Polish:
oblamować
Portuguese (Brazil):
orlar
Portuguese (Portugal):
guarnecer
Romanian:
a garnisi cu o bordură
Russian:
окаймлять
Slovak:
obrúbiť
Slovenian:
obrobiti
Spanish:
ribetear, bordear
Swedish:
kanta
Turkish:
kenarını çevirmek, *geçirmek
edge2[edʒ]verb
to move or push little by little Example: He edged his chair nearer to her; She edged her way through the crowd.
Edge Hill, GA (city, FIPS 26224) Location: 33.15293 N, 82.62678 W Population (1990): 22 (11 housing units) Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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A*cute"\, a. [L. acutus, p. p. of acuere to sharpen, fr. a root ak to be sharp. Cf. Ague, Cute, Edge.]1. Sharp at the end; ending in a sharp point; pointed; -- opposed to blunt or obtuse; as, an acute angle; an acute leaf. 2. Having nice discernment; perceiving or using minute distinctions; penetrating; clever; shrewd; -- opposed to dull or stupid; as, an acute observer; acute remarks, or reasoning. 3. Having nice or quick sensibility; susceptible to slight impressions; acting keenly on the senses; sharp; keen; intense; as, a man of acute eyesight, hearing, or feeling; acute pain or pleasure. 4. High, or shrill, in respect to some other sound; -- opposed to grave or low; as, an acute tone or accent. 5. (Med.) Attended with symptoms of some degree of severity, and coming speedily to a crisis; -- opposed to chronic; as, an acute disease. Acute angle (Geom.), an angle less than a right angle. Syn: Subtile; ingenious; sharp; keen; penetrating; sagacious; sharp-witted; shrewd; discerning; discriminating. See Subtile.
Ea"ger\, a. [OE. egre sharp, sour, eager, OF. agre, aigre, F. aigre, fr. L. acer sharp, sour, spirited, zealous; akin to Gr. ? highest, extreme, Skr. a?ra point; fr. a root signifying to be sharp. Cf. Acrid, Edge.]1. Sharp; sour; acid. [Obs.] "Like eager droppings into milk." --Shak. 2. Sharp; keen; bitter; severe. [Obs.] "A nipping and an eager air." "Eager words." --Shak. 3. Excited by desire in the pursuit of any object; ardent to pursue, perform, or obtain; keenly desirous; hotly longing; earnest; zealous; impetuous; vehement; as, the hounds were eager in the chase. And gazed for tidings in my eager eyes. --Shak. How eagerly ye follow my disgraces! --Shak. When to her eager lips is brought Her infant's thrilling kiss. --Keble. A crowd of eager and curious schoolboys. --Hawthorne. Conceit and grief an eager combat fight. --Shak. 4. Brittle; inflexible; not ductile. [Obs.] Gold will be sometimes so eager, as artists call it, that it will as little endure the hammer as glass itself. --Locke. Syn: Earnest; ardent; vehement; hot; impetuous; fervent; intense; impassioned; zealous; forward. Usage: See Earnest. -- Eager, Earnest. Eager marks an excited state of desire or passion; thus, a child is eager for a plaything, a hungry man is eager for food, a covetous man is eager for gain. Eagerness is liable to frequent abuses, and is good or bad, as the case may be. It relates to what is praiseworthy or the contrary. Earnest denotes a permanent state of mind, feeling, or sentiment. It is always taken in a good sense; as, a preacher is earnest in his appeals to the conscience; an agent is earnest in his solicitations.
Ear\, n. [AS. ear; akin to D. aar, OHG. ahir, G. ["a]hre, Icel., Sw., & Dan. ax, Goth. ahs. ???. Cf. Awn, Edge.] The spike or head of any cereal (as, wheat, rye, barley, Indian corn, etc.), containing the kernels. First the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear. --Mark iv. 28.
Edge\, n. [OE. eg, egge, AS. ecg; akin to OHG. ekka, G. ecke, Icel. & Sw. egg, Dan. eg, and to L. acies, Gr. ? point, Skr. a?ri edge. ??. 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. He which hath the sharp sword with two edges. --Rev. ii. 12. Slander, Whose edge is sharper than the sword. --Shak. 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. --Shak. In worst extremes, and on the perilous edge Of battle. --Milton. Pursue even to the very edge of destruction. --Sir W. Scott. 3. Sharpness; readiness of fitness to cut; keenness; intenseness of desire. The full edge of our indignation. --Sir W. Scott. 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. 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. 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 instrument having a sharp edge intended for cutting. (b) A tool for forming or dressing an edge; an edging tool. To be on edge, to be eager, impatient, or anxious. To set the teeth on edge, to cause a disagreeable tingling sensation in the teeth, as by bringing acids into contact with them. --Bacon.
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. --Dryden. 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. --Pope. 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. --Locke.
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. --Dryden. To edge away or 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.
Edg"y\, a. [From Edge.]1. Easily irritated; sharp; as, an edgy temper. 2. (Fine Arts) Having some of the forms, such as drapery or the like, too sharply defined. "An edgy style of sculpture." --Hazlitt.
Egg\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Egged; p. pr. & vb. n. Egging.] [OE. eggen, Icel. eggja, fr. egg edge. ??. See Edge.] To urge on; to instigate; to incite? Adam and Eve he egged to ill. --Piers Plowman. [She] did egg him on to tell How fair she was. --Warner.
Mill\, n. [OE. mille, melle, mulle, milne, AS. myln, mylen; akin to D. molen, G. m["u]hle, OHG. mul[=i], mul[=i]n, Icel. mylna; all prob. from L. molina, fr. mola millstone; prop., that which grinds, akin to molere to grind, Goth. malan, G. mahlen, and to E. meal. [root]108. See Meal flour, and cf. Moline.]1. A machine for grinding or comminuting any substance, as grain, by rubbing and crushing it between two hard, rough, or intented surfaces; as, a gristmill, a coffee mill; a bone mill. 2. A machine used for expelling the juice, sap, etc., from vegetable tissues by pressure, or by pressure in combination with a grinding, or cutting process; as, a cider mill; a cane mill. 3. A machine for grinding and polishing; as, a lapidary mill. 4. A common name for various machines which produce a manufactured product, or change the form of a raw material by the continuous repetition of some simple action; as, a sawmill; a stamping mill, etc. 5. A building or collection of buildings with machinery by which the processes of manufacturing are carried on; as, a cotton mill; a powder mill; a rolling mill. 6. (Die Sinking) A hardened steel roller having a design in relief, used for imprinting a reversed copy of the design in a softer metal, as copper. 7. (Mining) (a) An excavation in rock, transverse to the workings, from which material for filling is obtained. (b) A passage underground through which ore is shot. 8. A milling cutter. See Illust. under Milling. 9. A pugilistic. [Cant] --R. D. Blackmore. Edge mill, Flint mill, etc. See under Edge, Flint, etc. Mill bar (Iron Works), a rough bar rolled or drawn directly from a bloom or puddle bar for conversion into merchant iron in the mill. Mill cinder, slag from a puddling furnace. Mill head, the head of water employed to turn the wheel of a mill. Mill pick, a pick for dressing millstones. Mill pond, a pond that supplies the water for a mill. Mill race, the canal in which water is conveyed to a mill wheel, or the current of water which drives the wheel. Mill tail, the water which flows from a mill wheel after turning it, or the channel in which the water flows. Mill tooth, a grinder or molar tooth. Mill wheel, the water wheel that drives the machinery of a mill. Roller mill, a mill in which flour or meal is made by crushing grain between rollers. Stamp mill (Mining), a mill in which ore is crushed by stamps. To go through the mill, to experience the suffering or discipline necessary to bring one to a certain degree of knowledge or skill, or to a certain mental state.
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