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Found 3 hits - Term: edged, Database: *, Strategy: exact
[1] : 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
      wordnet 1.5

   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
      wordnet 1.5

   3. having a biting effect, implying criticism; -- used of
      words or language; as, edged satire.

   syn: cutting, harsh, sharp, sharp-worded, stinging.
        wordnet 1.5
see also:
edgeless 
[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] : WordNet (r) 2.0
edged
     adj 1: having a specified kind of border or edge; "a black-edged
            card"; "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,
         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"
see also:
cutting stinging 

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