Edge
King James Dictionary [1]
EDGE, n. L. acies, acus.
1. In a general sense, the extreme border or point of any thing as the edge of the table the edge of a book the edge of cloth. It coincides nearly with border, brink, margin. It is particularly applied to the sharp border, the thin cutting extremity of an instrument, as the edge of an ax, razor, knife or scythe also, to the point of an instrument, as the edge of a sword. 2. Figuratively, that which cuts or penetrates that which wounds or injures as the edge of slander. 3. A narrow part rising from a broader.
Some harrow their ground over, and then plow it upon an edge.
4. Sharpness of mind or appetite keenness intenseness of desire fitness for action or operation as the edge of appetite or hunger.
Silence and solitude set an edge on the genius.
5. Keenness sharpness acrimony.
Abate the edge of traitors.
To set the teeth on edge, to cause a tingling or grating sensation in the teeth.
EDGE,
1. To sharpen.
To edge her champion's sword.
2. To furnish with an edge.
A sword edged with flint.
3. To border to fringe.
A long descending train,
With rubies edged.
4. To border to furnish with an ornamental border as, to edge a flower-bed with box. 5. To sharpen to exasperate to embitter.
By such reasonings,the simple were blinded, and the malicious edged.
6. To incite to provoke to urge on to instigate that is, to push on as with a sharp point to goad. Ardor or passion will edge a man forward,when arguments fail. 7. To move sideways to move by little and little as, edge your chair along.
EDGE, To move sideways to move gradually. Edge along this way.
1. To sail close to the wind.
To edge away, in sailing, is to decline gradually from the shore or from the line of the course.
To edge in with, to draw near to, as a ship in chasing.
Webster's Dictionary [2]
(1): ( v. t.) The border or part adjacent to the line of division; the beginning or early part; as, in the edge of evening.
(2): ( v. t.) The thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument; as, the edge of an ax, knife, sword, or scythe. Hence, figuratively, that which cuts as an edge does, or wounds deeply, etc.
(3): ( v. t.) Any sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; extreme verge; as, the edge of a table, a precipice.
(4): ( v. t.) Sharpness; readiness of fitness to cut; keenness; intenseness of desire.
(5): ( v. t.) To make sharp or keen, figuratively; to incite; to exasperate; to goad; to urge or egg on.
(6): ( v. t.) To furnish with an edge as a tool or weapon; to sharpen.
(7): ( v. t.) To shape or dress the edge of, as with a tool.
(8): ( v. t.) To furnish with a fringe or border; as, to edge a dress; to edge a garden with box.
(9): ( v. i.) To sail close to the wind.
(10): ( v. i.) To move sideways; to move gradually; as, edge along this way.
(11): ( v. t.) To move by little and little or cautiously, as by pressing forward edgewise; as, edging their chairs forwards.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [3]
with reference to the sword, is the rendering,of פֶּה , Peh, mouth (like Στόμα , Luke 21:24; Hebrews 11:34), or fem. פֵּיָה , Peyah' ( Judges 3:16); also פָּנַים Panim', Face ( Ecclesiastes 10:10); poet. צוּר , Tsur, a rock, hence Sharpness ( Psalms 89:43): elsewhere, in the sense of brink or Margin; it corresponds to שָׁפָה Saphah', Ip; and to קָצָה Atsah', קָצֶה , Kastek', or קצְוֶה Kitsveh', Extremity ( Exodus 28:7; Exodus 39:4; Exodus 13:20; Exodus 21:5; Exodus 36:12; Numbers 33:6; Numbers 33:37; Joshua 13:27; Psalms 39:4). To "set on edge" is an inaccurate rendering ( Jeremiah 31:29-30; Ezekiel 18:2) of קָהָה , Kahah , to be blunt (as in Ecclesiastes 10:10). (See Sword).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [4]
ej : Very frequently occurs in the phrase "the edge of the sword" ( Joshua 10:28 , et al.) from the Hebrew פה , peh , "lip," or שפה , sāphāh , "lip." Exodus 28:7 and Exodus 39:4 read "ends," from קצה , ḳācāh , "end" (the King James Version "edge"), and Joshua 13:27 has "uttermost part" for the same Hebrew word (the King James Version "edge"). In Jeremiah 31:29 and Ezekiel 18:2 , "The children's teeth are set on edge " (קהה , ḳāhāh , "to be blunt"), i.e. set hard one against another.
