[1] : 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 

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