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See edder2. Ede a (e-des'ä), n. [NL., In entomology it is often distinguished from the mar gin , which is properly an imaginary space surrounding the disk of any surface, and limited by the edge. The outer edge of the elytron of a beetle may be either the extreme boundary of the elytron, or the lateral boundary of the upper surface, separated from the true boundary by a deflexed margin called the epipleura . 3. The border or part adjacent to a line of division; the part nearest some limit; an initial or terminal limit; rim; skirt: as, the edge of the evening; the outer and inner edges of a field; the horizon's edge. For the sayde temple stondeth vpon the est egge of Mounte Morrea, and the Mounte Olyuete is right est from Sir R. Guylforde , Pylgrymage, p. 43. it. The new general, unacquainted with his army, and on the edge of winter, would not hastily oppose them. Milton . It [Watling Street] ran closely along the edge of this great forest, by the bounds of our Leicestershire. J. R. Green, Conq. of Eng., p. 190. 6. Acutene or sharpne , as of desire or of appetite; keenne ; eagerne ; fitne for action or operation. Cloy the hungry edge of appetite By bare imagination of a feast. IMG:content-0220.jpg:[graphic] Shak . , Rich. II., i. 3. I did but chide in jest; the best loves use it Sometimes; it sets an edge upon affection. Middle ton , Women Beware Women, ii. 1. When I got health, thou took'st away my life, And more; for my friends die; My mirth and edge was lost; a blunted knife Was of more use than 1. G. Herbert. 'Tis true, there is an edge in all firm belief, and with an easy metaphor we may say the sword of faith. Sir T. Browne , Religio Medici, i. 10. Back and edget. See back1. - Ba et edges. See bas set 2. Convanescible edge. See convanescible. - Cuspidal edge, or edge of regre ion. See cuspidal. - To set on edge. (a) To rest or balance on the border of; cause to stand upright on an edge: as, to set a large flat stone on edge. (b) To make eager or intense; sharpen; stimulate: as, his curiosity or expectation was set on edge. - To set the teeth on edge, to cause an uncomfortable feeling as of tingling or grating in the teeth, as may be done by the eating of very sour fruit, by the sound of filing, etc. One will melt in your Mouth, and t'other set your Teeth on Edge. Congrève, Way of the World, i. 5. =Syn. 2 and 3. Verge, skirt, brim. See rim. - 6. Intensity. edge (ej), v.; pret. and pp. edged, ppr. edging. [ME. eggen, put an edge on, sharpen (only in p. a. egged, The wrongs Of this poor country edge your sword! oh, may it Pierce deep into this tyrant's heart! Fletcher, Double Marriage, i. 1. Those who labour The sweaty Forge, who edge the crooked Scythe, Bend stubborn Steel, and harden gleening Armour, Acknowledge Vulcan's Aid. Prior , First Hymn of Call i mach us. That is best blood that hath most iron in 't To edge resolve with. Lowell, Comm. Ode. 2. Hence, figuratively, to sharpen; pique. Let me a little edge your resolution: you see nothing is unready to this great work, but a great mind in you. Ford, "Tis Pity, v. 4. By such reasonings the simple were blinded and the malicious edged. Sir J. Hayward . 3. To furnish with an edge, fringe, or border: as, to edge a flower-bed with box. And thou shalt find him underneath a brim Of sailing pines that edge yon mountain in. Fletcher , Faithful Shepherde , iv. 3. Their long descending train, With rubies edged . Dryden. Bryant , Earth. 4. To move by or as if by dragging or hitching along edgewise; impel or push on edge, and A voice of many tones-sent up from streams, And sands that edge the ocean. hence slowly or with difficulty: as, to edge a barrel or a box acro the sidewalk; to edge one's self or one's way through a crowd. Edging by degrees their chairs forwards, they were in a little time got up close to one another. Locke . 5. To incite; instigate; urge on; egg. See egg2 . [Now rare.] This... will encourage and edge industrious and profitable improvements. Bacon , Usury (ed. 1887). Edg'd -on by some thank-picking parasite. Ford, Love's Sacrifice, iv. 1. Ardour or pa ion will edge a man forward when arguments fail. Ogilvie . Edging-and-dividing bench. See bench . - To edge in, to put or get in by or as if by an edge; manage to get in. When you are sent on an errand, be sure to edge in some busine of your own. Swift , Directions to Servants, iii. Do, Sir Lucius, edge in a word or two every now and then about my honour. Sheridan, The Rivals, v. 3. [North. Eng.] Just at the foot of one of the long straight hills, called Edges in that country [England, on the borders of Wales], we came upon my friend's house. J. H. Short house , John Ingles ant, Int. chap. 5. Sharpne ; acrimony; cutting or wounding quality. Slander, Whose edge is sharper than the sword. Shak ., Cymbeline, iii. 4. Fie, fie! your wit hath too much edge . Ford, Love's Sacrifice, i. 2. The remark had a biting edge to it. Pre scott, Ferd, and Isa., ii, 20. II. in trans. To move sidewise; move graduas, edge along this way. We sounded, and found 20 fathoms and a bottom of sand; but, on edging off from the shore, we soon got out of sounding. Cook , Second Voyage, iii. 7. When one has made a bad bet, it's best to edge off. Colman, Jealous Wife, v. 3. To edge away, to move away slowly or cautiously; naut., to decline gradually, as from the shore, or from the line of the course. To edge down upon an object, to approach an object in a slanting direction. - To edge in with, to draw near to, as a ship in chasing. edge-bolt (ej'bolt), n. In bookbinding, the closed folds of a section or signature as shown in an uncut book. edgebone