edge : Idioms & Phrases

• noun the position of greatest importance or advancement; the leading position in any movement or field
  vanguard; forefront.
  
  • the Cotswolds were once at the forefront of woollen manufacturing in England
  • the idea of motion was always to the forefront of his mind and central to his philosophy
• noun the sharp cutting side of the blade of a knife
  cutting edge.
  

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• adjective satellite in accord with the most fashionable ideas or style
  with-it; up-to-date.
  
  • wears only the latest style
  • the last thing in swimwear
  • cutting-edge technology
  • a with-it boutique

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• noun rough edge left by a deckle on handmade paper or produced artificially on machine-made paper
  deckle.
  

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• adjective satellite having a rough edge; used of handmade paper or paper resembling handmade
  featheredged; deckled.
  

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• adjective satellite capable of being interpreted in two usually contradictory ways
  
  • double-edged praise

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• verb push one's way into (a space)
  edge in.
  

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• (Carp.), a joint formed by two edges making a corner.

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• a crushing or grinding mill in which stones roll around on their edges, on a level circular bed; used for ore, and as an oil mill. Called also Chilian mill.

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• (Arch.), a molding whose section is made up of two curves meeting in an angle.

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• . (a) (Carp.) A plane for edging boards. (b) (Shoemaking) A plane for edging soles.

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• a kind of swordplay in which backswords or cutlasses are used, and the edge, rather than the point, is employed.

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• . (Railroad) (a) A rail set on edge; applied to a rail of more depth than width. (b) A guard rail by the side of the main rail at a switch. Knight.

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• a railway having the rails set on edge.

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• a curbstone.

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• noun any cutting tool with a sharp cutting edge (as a chisel or knife or plane or gouge)
  

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• . (a) Any tool instrument having a sharp edge intended for cutting. (b) A tool for forming or dressing an edge; an edging tool.

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• verb push one's way into (a space)
  edge in.
  

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• (Astron. & Surv.), the straight edge of the alidade or ruler along which a straight line is to be drawn.

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• noun the part of a book that faces inward when the book is shelved; the part opposite the spine
  foredge.
  

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• the front edge of a book or folded sheet, etc.

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Gilt"-edge`, Gilt"-edged` adjective (Also<

• Gilt-edge
• Gilt-edged

)

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1. Having a gilt edge; as, gilt-edged paper.
2. Of the best quality; -- said of negotiable paper, etc. Slang, U. S.

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• adjective satellite of the highest quality or value
  
  • gilt-edged securities
  • gilt-edged credentials
• adjective satellite having gilded edges as the pages of a book
  

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Gilt"-edge`, Gilt"-edged` adjective (Also<

• Gilt-edge
• Gilt-edged

)

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1. Having a gilt edge; as, gilt-edged paper.
2. Of the best quality; -- said of negotiable paper, etc. Slang, U. S.

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• noun the sharp cutting side of the blade of a knife
  cutting edge.
  

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• noun a narrow boundary
  
  • he lived on a knife-edge between genius and insanity

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• . See Illust. of File.

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• noun forward edge of an airfoil
  

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Mar"ble-edged` adjective

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1. Having the edge veined or spotted with different colors like marble, as a book.

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• an edge of small loops on the side of some kinds of ribbon; also, a narrow kind of thread edging to be sewed on lace.

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• noun a leaf having prickly margins
  

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• noun an edge that is as sharp as the cutting side of a razor
  

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• adjective satellite (of leaves) having an edged resembling a sawtooth
  

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• adjective satellite having a spiny border
  

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• to be eager, impatient, or anxious.

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• (Naut.), to increase the distance gradually from the shore, vessel, or other object.

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• (Naut.), to approach by slow degrees, as when a sailing vessel approaches an object in an oblique direction from the windward.

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• to get in edgewise; to get in by degrees.

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• as with a coast or vessel (Naut.), to advance gradually, but not directly, toward it.

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• to affect the teeth with a disagreeable sensation, as when acids are brought in contact with them.
• to cause a disagreeable tingling sensation in the teeth, as by bringing acids into contact with them.

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• to bend over the edge or point of so as to make dull; to blunt.

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• the sensation excited in the teeth by grating sounds, and by the touch of certain substances, as keen acids.

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• noun the rear edge of an airfoil
  

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Two"-edged` adjective

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1. Having two edges, or edges on both sides; as, a two-edged sword.

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• an edge having ornamental triangular points.

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• adjective satellite having a white border
  

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• the thin, wirelike thread of metal sometimes formed on the edge of a tool by the stone in sharpening it.

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