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.
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To edge her champion's sword. --Dryden.
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2. To shape or dress the edge of, as with a tool.
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3. To furnish with a fringe or border; as, to edge a dress;
to edge a garden with box.
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Hills whose tops were edged with groves. --Pope.
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4. To make sharp or keen, figuratively; to incite; to
exasperate; to goad; to urge or egg on. [Obs.]
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By such reasonings, the simple were blinded, and the
malicious edged. --Hayward.
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5. To move by little and little or cautiously, as by pressing
forward edgewise; as, edging their chairs forwards.
--Locke.
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Edging \Edg"ing\, n.
1. That which forms an edge or border, as the fringe,
trimming, etc., of a garment, or a border in a garden.
--Dryden.
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2. The operation of shaping or dressing the edge of anything,
as of a piece of metal.
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Edging machine, a machine tool with a revolving cutter, for
dressing edges, as of boards, or metal plates, to a
pattern or templet.
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