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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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[,c]ri edge. [root]1. 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] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: edge n 1: the boundary of a surface [syn: {edge}, {border}] 2: a line determining the limits of an area [syn: {boundary}, {edge}, {bound}] 3: a sharp side formed by the intersection of two surfaces of an object; "he rounded the edges of the box" 4: the attribute of urgency in tone of voice; "his voice had an edge to it" [syn: {edge}, {sharpness}] 5: a slight competitive advantage; "he had an edge on the competition" 6: the outside limit of an object or area or surface; a place farthest away from the center of something; "the edge of the leaf is wavy"; "she sat on the edge of the bed"; "the water's edge" v 1: advance slowly, as if by inches; "He edged towards the car" [syn: {edge}, {inch}] 2: provide with a border or edge; "edge the tablecloth with embroidery" [syn: {border}, {edge}] 3: lie adjacent to another or share a boundary; "Canada adjoins the U.S."; "England marches with Scotland" [syn: {border}, {adjoin}, {edge}, {abut}, {march}, {butt}, {butt against}, {butt on}] 4: provide with an edge; "edge a blade" From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2013) [vera]: EDGE Enhanced Data rate for GSM / Global Evolution (GSM, mobile-systems)