WEDGE

piece of metal (occasionally wood) triangular in section and tapering; point inserted into wood required to be split; broad end driven in; wood splits with grain. celebrated for his pottery. He began busine at Burslem, Staff ords hire, where his father was also a potter; and so improved the materials and the form and decoration of his products that Wedgwood ware became famous as the tangible representation of a fine art. town, Staff ords hire, England; fron and coal-mining center; manufactures iron and steel. Pop. (1921) 30,407. Woden’s Day), the fourth day of the week. It was the Dies Mercurii of the Romans, whom the French follow in calling it Mercedi (Mercury’s Day). It is regarded by the Persians as a ‘red-letter day,’ because the moon was created on the fourth day.