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<h1>Edentate</h1> <Xpage=471>

<hw>E*den"tate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of the Edentata.</def>

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<hw>E*den`ta*ted</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Edentate</er>, <tt>a.</tt></def>

<h1>Edentation</h1> <Xpage=471>

<hw>E`den*ta"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A depriving of teeth.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Cockeram.</i>

<h1>Edentulous</h1> <Xpage=471>

<hw>E*den"tu*lous</hw> <tt>(?; 135)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>edentulus</ets>; <ets>e</ets> out + <ets>dens</ets>, <ets>dentis</ets>, tooth.]</ety> <def>Toothless.</def>

<h1>Edge</h1> <Xpage=471>

<hw>Edge</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>eg</ets>, <ets>egge</ets>, AS. <ets>ecg</ets>; akin to OHG. <ets>ekka</ets>, G. <ets>ecke</ets>, Icel. & Sw. <ets>egg</ets>, Dan. <ets>eg</ets>, and to L. <ets>acies</ets>, Gr. <?/ point, Skr. <ets>a<?/ri</ets> edge. <?/<?/. Cf. <er>Egg</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>, <er>Eager</er>, <er>Ear</er> spike of corn, <er>Acute</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument; <as>as, the <ex>edge</ex> of an ax, knife, sword, or scythe</as>. Hence, figuratively, that which cuts as an edge does, or wounds deeply, etc.</def>

<blockquote>He which hath the sharp sword with two <b>edges</b>. <i>Rev. ii. 12.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Slander, Whose <b>edge</b> is sharper than the sword. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Any sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; extreme verge; <as>as, the <ex>edge</ex> of a table, a precipice</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Upon the <b>edge</b> of yonder coppice. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>In worst extremes, and on the perilous <b>edge</b> Of battle. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Pursue even to the very <b>edge</b> of destruction. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Sharpness; readiness of fitness to cut; keenness; intenseness of desire.</def>

<blockquote>The full <b>edge</b> of our indignation. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Death and persecution lose all the ill that they can have, if we do not set an <b>edge</b> upon them by our fears and by our vices. <i>Jer. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>The border or part adjacent to the line of division; the beginning or early part; <as>as, in the <ex>edge</ex> of evening</as>.</def> "On the <i>edge</i> of winter."

<i>Milton.</i>

<cs><col>Edge joint</col> <fld>(Carp.)</fld>, <cd>a joint formed by two edges making a corner.</cd> -- <col>Edge mill</col>, <cd>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 <altname>Chilian mill</altname>.</cd> -- <col>Edge molding</col> <fld>(Arch.)</fld>, <cd>a molding whose section is made up of two curves meeting in an angle.</cd> -- <col>Edge plane</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <fld>(Carp.)</fld> <cd>A plane for edging boards.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Shoemaking)</fld> <cd>A plane for edging soles.</cd> -- <col>Edge play</col>, <cd>a kind of swordplay in which backswords or cutlasses are used, and the edge, rather than the point, is employed.</cd> -- <col>Edge rail</col>. <fld>(Railroad)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A rail set on edge; -- applied to a rail of more depth than width.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A guard rail by the side of the main rail at a switch. <i>Knight</i>.</cd> -- <col>Edge railway</col>, <cd>a railway having the rails set on edge.</cd> -- <col>Edge stone</col>, <cd>a curbstone.</cd> -- <col>Edge tool</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>Any tool instrument having a sharp edge intended for cutting.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A tool for forming or dressing an edge; an edging tool.</cd> -- <col>To be on edge</col>, <cd>to be eager, impatient, or anxious.</cd> -- <col>To set the teeth on edge</col>, <cd>to cause a disagreeable tingling sensation in the teeth, as by bringing acids into contact with them.</cd></cs>

<i>Bacon.</i>

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<hw>Edge</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Edged</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Edging</er>.]</wordforms>