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

wedge \wedge\, v. t. imp.  p. p. wedged; p. pr.  vb. n.
   wedging.
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   1. to cleave or separate with a wedge or wedges, or as with a
      wedge; to rive. "my heart, as wedged with a sigh, would
      rive in twain." --shak.
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   2. to force or drive as a wedge is driven.
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            among the crowd in the abbey where a finger
            could not be wedged in more.          --shak.
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            he 's just the sort of man to wedge himself into a
            snug berth.                           --mrs. j. h.
                                                  ewing.
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   3. to force by crowding and pushing as a wedge does; as, to
      wedge one's way. --milton.
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   4. to press closely; to fix, or make fast, in the manner of a
      wedge that is driven into something.
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            wedged in the rocky shoals, and sticking fast.
                                                  --dryden.
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   5. to fasten with a wedge, or with wedges; as, to wedge a
      scythe on the snath; to wedge a rail or a piece of timber
      in its place.
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   6. pottery to cut, as clay, into wedgelike masses, and work
      by dashing together, in order to expel air bubbles, etc.
      --tomlinson.
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see also:
wedged wedging 

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