edge, egge

& a. [A. S. ecg; cogn. with Dut. egge; Icel. & Sw. egg; Dan. eg; Ger. ecke; Lat. acies a point, acus =a needle; Gr. akē, akis.] A. As substantive: I. Literally: 1. The sharp or cutting part of an instrument, as a sword. "Seize upon Fife; give to the edge o' th' sword His wife, his babes." Shakesp.: Macbeth , iv. 1. 2. A narrow part rising from a broader. "Some harrow their ground over, and then plow it upon an edge."-Mortimer: Husbandry. 3. The brink, border, margin, or extremity of any thing. "The rays which pa very near to the edges of any body, are bent a little by the action of the body."-Newton: Optics. IMG:content-0766.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0767.png:[blocks in formation]