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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