[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

edge \edge\ e^j, n. oe. eg, egge, as. ecg; akin to ohg.
   ekka, g. ecke, icel.  sw. egg, dan. eg, and to l. acies, gr.
   'akh` point, skr. a,cri edge. root1. 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.
      1913 webster

            he which hath the sharp sword with two edges. --rev.
                                                  ii. 12.
      1913 webster

            slander,
            whose edge is sharper than the sword. --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. any sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; extreme
      verge; as, the edge of a table, a precipice.
      1913 webster

            upon the edge of yonder coppice.      --shak.
      1913 webster

            in worst extremes, and on the perilous edge
            of battle.                            --milton.
      1913 webster

            pursue even to the very edge of destruction. --sir
                                                  w. scott.
      1913 webster

   3. sharpness; readiness or fitness to cut; keenness;
      intenseness of desire.
      1913 webster

            the full edge of our indignation.     --sir w.
                                                  scott.
      1913 webster

            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.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

   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.
          1913 webster +pjc
see also:
egg eager ear acute edge joint edge mill 
chilian mill edge molding edge plane edge play edge rail 
edge railway edge stone edge tool to be on edge on edge 
to be on edge to set the teeth on edge to set the teeth on edge 

[2] : 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.
      1913 webster

            to edge her champion's sword.         --dryden.
      1913 webster

   2. to shape or dress the edge of, as with a tool.
      1913 webster

   3. to furnish with a fringe or border; as, to edge a dress;
      to edge a garden with box.
      1913 webster

            hills whose tops were edged with groves. --pope.
      1913 webster

   4. to make sharp or keen, figuratively; to incite; to
      exasperate; to goad; to urge or egg on. obs.
      1913 webster

            by such reasonings, the simple were blinded, and the
            malicious edged.                      --hayward.
      1913 webster

   5. to move by little and little or cautiously, as by pressing
      forward edgewise; as, edging their chairs forwards.
      --locke.
      1913 webster
see also:
edged edging 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

edge \edge\, v. i.
   1. to move sideways; to move gradually; as, edge along this
      way.
      1913 webster

   2. to sail close to the wind.
      1913 webster

            i must edge up on a point of wind.    --dryden.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster
see also:
to edge away to edge off to edge down to edge in to edge in with 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

edge
     n 1: the boundary of a surface syn: border
     2: a sharp side formed by the intersection of two surfaces of
        an object; "he rounded the edges of the box"
     3: a line determining the limits of an area syn: boundary, bound
     4: the attribute of urgency; "his voice had an edge to it"
        syn: sharpness
     5: a slight competitive advantage; "he had an edge on the
        competition"
     6: a strip near the boundary of an object; "he jotted a note on
        the margin of the page" syn: margin
     v 1: advance slowly, as if by inches; "he edged towards the car"
          syn: inch
     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,
         adjoin, abut, march, butt, butt against, butt
        on
     4: provide with an edge; "edge a blade"
see also:
border boundary bound sharpness margin inch 
adjoin abut march butt butt against 
butt on 

[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

287 moby thesaurus words for "edge":
   a, acerbity, acidity, acidulousness, acme, acridity, acrimony,
   acuity, aculeate, acuminate, acumination, acuteness, adjoin,
   advantage, air line, allowance, alpha, anxious, apex, apogee,
   apprehensive, asperity, astringency, axis, bank, barb, beeline,
   befringe, beginning, bind, bite, bitingness, bitterness, blast-off,
   board, border, bordure, bound, boundary, bourn, brim, brink, brow,
   bulge, cap, causticity, chord, climax, cloud nine, coast,
   coign of vantage, commencement, crabbed, crawl, creation, creep,
   crest, crown, culmen, culmination, cuspidate, cut, cutting edge,
   cuttingness, dawn, deadwood, diagonal, diameter, direct line,
   directrix, draw, drop, edge tool, edgy, effectiveness, end,
   enframe, establishment, extreme limit, extremity, featheredge,
   fidgety, fierceness, file, flange, flank, flying start, force,
   foundation, frame, fresh start, fringe, go crabwise, go sideways,
   great-circle course, grind, grip, handicap, harshness, head start,
   heaven, heavens, height, hem, high noon, highest pitch,
   highest point, hone, ill at ease, inch, incisiveness, inside track,
   institution, irascible, irritable, jump, jump-off, keenness,
   kick-off, knife-edge, labellum, labium, labrum, lap, lateral,
   lateralize, lead, leading edge, ledge, limb, limbus, limit, line,
   lip, list, make leeway, march, marge, margin, marginate, maximum,
   meridian, mordacity, mordancy, mountaintop, move, mucronation,
   ne plus ultra, nervous, new departure, no place higher, noon,
   normal, odds, oilstone, on edge, on tenterhooks, oncoming, onset,
   opening, origin, origination, outbreak, outline, outset, peak,
   peevish, penetration, perimeter, periphery, perpendicular,
   pinnacle, piquancy, pitch, poignancy, point, pointedness, pole,
   prickliness, prickly, pungency, purfle, purl, radius,
   radius vector, ragged edge, razor-edge, reset, restive, restless,
   ridge, right line, rigor, rim, roughness, running start, secant,
   segment, selvage, send-off, sensitive, set, set off,
   setting in motion, setting-up, seventh heaven, severity, sharp,
   sharpen, sharpness, shore, shortcut, shrillness, side, sideline,
   sideslip, sidestep, sidle, skew, skid, skirt, sky, something extra,
   something in reserve, sourness, spiculate, spinosity, spire, spur,
   square one, start, start-off, starting point, steal, sting,
   straight, straight course, straight line, straight stretch,
   straightaway, strap, streamline, stridency, stringency, strop,
   summit, superiority, surround, take-off, tangent, taper, tartness,
   teeth, tense, thinness, thorniness, threshold, tip, tip-top, top,
   touchy, transversal, trenchancy, trim, upmost, upper extremity,
   upper hand, uppermost, uptight, urgency, utmost, vantage,
   vantage ground, vantage point, vector, veer, vehemence, verge,
   vertex, very top, violence, virulence, weapon, whet, whip hand,
   worm, zenith

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