Wedge

wej, n. a piece of wood or metal, thick at one end and sloping to a thin edge at the other, used in splitting: anything shaped like a wedge: a ma of metal: at Cambridge, the man lowest on the list of the cla ical tripos.— v.t. to cleave with a wedge: to force or drive with a wedge: to pre closely: to fasten with a wedge: to make into a wedge.— v.i. to force one's way like a wedge.— adjs. Wedged , cuneiform or wedge-shaped; Wedge′-shaped , having the shape of a wedge; Wedge′-tailed , having the tail wedge-shaped or cuneate.— adv. Wedge′wise , in the manner of a wedge.— n. Wedg′ing , a method of joining timbers.— Wedge of least resistance , the form in which a substance yields to pre ure.— The thin , or small , end of the wedge , the insignificant-looking beginning of a principle or practice which will yet lead to something great and important. [A.S. wecg ; Ice. veggr , Ger. weck , a wedge; prob. from the root of weigh .]