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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ 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.
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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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  edged \edged\ adj.
     1. having a specified kind of border or edge; as, a
        black-edged card; dried sweat left salt-edged patches.
        [Postpositional]
        [WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. having a cutting edge or especially an edge or edges as
        specified; often used in combination; as, a dull-edged
        blade. Opposit of edgeless. [Postpositional]
        [WordNet 1.5]
  
     3. having a biting effect, implying criticism; -- used of
        words or language; as, edged satire.
  
     Syn: cutting, harsh, sharp, sharp-worded, stinging.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  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.
  
              To edge her champion's sword.         --Dryden.
  
     2. To shape or dress the edge of, as with a tool.
  
     3. To furnish with a fringe or border; as, to edge a dress;
        to edge a garden with box.
  
              Hills whose tops were edged with groves. --Pope.
  
     4. To make sharp or keen, figuratively; to incite; to
        exasperate; to goad; to urge or egg on. [Obs.]
  
              By such reasonings, the simple were blinded, and the
              malicious edged.                      --Hayward.
  
     5. To move by little and little or cautiously, as by pressing
        forward edgewise; as, edging their chairs forwards.
        --Locke.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  edged
       adj 1: having a specified kind of border or edge; "a black-edged
              card"; "dried sweat left salt-edged patches"
       2: (of speech) harsh or hurtful in tone or character; "cutting
          remarks"; "edged satire"; "a stinging comment" [syn: cutting,
           stinging]
       3: having a cutting edge or especially an edge or edges as
          specified; often used in combination; "an edged knife"; "a
          two-edged sword"

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  edged
     a.
     1 That has a sharp planar surface.
     {lb|en|followed+by+(l+en+with)+or+in+a+compound+adjective" rel="nofollow">2 {lb|en|followed by (l en with) or in a compound adjective Having
  an edging of a certain material, color, and so on.
     vb.
     (infl of en edge  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  edged
     a.
     1 That has a sharp planar surface.
     {lb|en|followed+by+(l+en+with)+or+in+a+compound+adjective" rel="nofollow">2 {lb|en|followed by (l en with) or in a compound adjective Having
  an edging of a certain material, color, and so on.
     vb.
     (infl of en edge  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  edged
     a.
     1 That has a sharp planar surface.
     {lb|en|followed+by+(l+en+with)+or+in+a+compound+adjective" rel="nofollow">2 {lb|en|followed by (l en with) or in a compound adjective Having
  an edging of a certain material, color, and so on.
     vb.
     (infl of en edge  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  edged
     a.
     1 That has a sharp planar surface.
     {lb|en|followed+by+(l+en+with)+or+in+a+compound+adjective" rel="nofollow">2 {lb|en|followed by (l en with) or in a compound adjective Having
  an edging of a certain material, color, and so on.
     vb.
     (infl of en edge  ed-form)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  edged
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm e dge d)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  edged
     Engelska a.
     1 egg-, försedd med egg; (avledning en edge ordform=perfpart)
     2 kantad, brämad
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb edge)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Edged /ˈɛdʒd/
  مشحوذ

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  edged /ˈɛdʒd/
  vroubený