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On the ragged edge is American slang for on the extreme edge.
To have the advantage. e.g. "Are you going to give up? I've got the edge on you!"
Over the edge is slang for hysterical; in an emotional crisis or panic. Over the edge is slang for to excess.
intoxication, a buzz. Â i.e. "I've got an edge.".
Vrb phrs. To perform coitus interruptus. A catholic Liverpudlian expression derived from the symbolic use of the railway station before the Mersey tunnel and the last stop. Also heard phrased as jump off at Edgehill. Other UK cities also have their own variations, such as get off at Paisley, used in Glasgow; get off at Gateshead, used in Newcastle-upon-Tyne; get off at Haymarket, used in Edinburgh.
Edge city is slang for a dreaded, frightening or exciting sensation or situation.
Get a word in edgeways is slang for to find a chance to speak when someone else is speaking excessively.
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v. t.
To move by little and little or cautiously, as by pressing forward edgewise; as, edging their chairs forwards.
v. t.
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.
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With the edge towards anything; in the direction of the edge.
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Having a gilt edge; as, gilt-edged paper.
v. t.
The border or part adjacent to the line of division; the beginning or early part; as, in the edge of evening.
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To furnish with an edge as a tool or weapon; to sharpen.
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Any sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; extreme verge; as, the edge of a table, a precipice.
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Having an edge planed, -- said of a board.
v. t.
To shape or dress the edge of, as with a tool.
v. i.
To move sideways; to move gradually; as, edge along this way.
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of Edge
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Alt. of Edgewise
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Without an edge; not sharp; blunt; obtuse; as, an edgeless sword or weapon.
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The thin, new growth around the edge of a shell, of an oyster.
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In the direction of the edge.
v. t.
To furnish with a fringe or border; as, to edge a dress; to edge a garden with box.
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A piece of steel sharpened to an acute edge or angle, and resting on a smooth surface, serving as the axis of motion of a pendulum, scale beam, or other piece required to oscillate with the least possible friction.
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Having the edge veined or spotted with different colors like marble, as a book.
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Having a feather-edge; also, having one edge thinner than the other, as a board; -- in the United States, said only of stuff one edge of which is made as thin as practicable.
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Having two edges, or edges on both sides; as, a two-edged sword.
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