1.
2.
[syn: cutting, edged, stinging]
3. having a cutting edge or especially an edge or edges as specified; often used in combination;
- Example: "an edged knife"
- Example: "a two-edged sword"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
edged \edged\ adj.
1. having a specified kind of border or edge; as, a
black-edged card; dried sweat left salt-edged patches.
[Postpositional]
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2. having a cutting edge or especially an edge or edges as
specified; often used in combination; as, a dull-edged
blade. Opposit of edgeless. [Postpositional]
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3. having a biting effect, implying criticism; -- used of
words or language; as, edged satire.
Syn: cutting, harsh, sharp, sharp-worded, stinging.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Edge \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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
edged
adj 1: having a specified kind of border or edge; "a black-edged
card"; "rough-edged leaves"; "dried sweat left salt-edged
patches"
2: (of speech) harsh or hurtful in tone or character; "cutting
remarks"; "edged satire"; "a stinging comment" [syn:
cutting, edged, stinging]
3: having a cutting edge or especially an edge or edges as
specified; often used in combination; "an edged knife"; "a
two-edged sword"