Knife-edge

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• Edge

  ·vi To sail close to the wind. II. Edge ·vt To shape or dress the edge of, as with a tool. III. Ed...

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• to edge

  To excite, stimulate, or provoke; or as it is vulgarly called, to egg a man on. Fall back, fall edge...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• to edge

  To move sideways; to move gradually.--Webster. Well, says I, I must be a goin'; I can't think of pa...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• Knife

  ·noun A sword or dagger. II. Knife ·vt To prune with the knife. III. Knife ·vt To cut or stab with...

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• Knife

  1) Heb. hereb, "the waster," a sharp instrument for circumcision (Josh. 5:2, 3, lit. "knives of flin...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• knife

  An old name for a dagger: thus Lady Macbeth "That my keen knife see not the wound it makes." ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Knife

  The knives of the Egyptians, and of other nations in early times, were probably only of hard stone, ...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• Advancing edge

  ·add. ·- The front edge (in direction of motion) of a supporting surface; — contr. with following e...

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• Deckle edge

  ·add. ·- The rough, untrimmed edge of paper left by the deckle; also, a rough edge in imitation of t...

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• Feather-edge

  ·noun Any thin, as on a board or a razor. II. Feather-edge ·noun The thin, new growth around the ed...

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• Following edge

  ·add. ·- ·see Advancing-edge, above. ...

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• Gilt-edge

  ·adj ·Alt. of Gilt-edged. ...

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• Leading edge

  ·add. ·- ·same·as Advancing edge, above. ...

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• Trailing edge

  ·add. ·- A following edge. ·see Advancing edge, above. ...

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• moulding edge

  That edge of a timber to which, in shaping it, the mould is applied. ...

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• sea-edge

  The boundary between the icy regions of the "north water" and the unfrozen portion of the Arctic Sea...

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• Bowie knife

  ·- A knife with a strong blade from ten to fifteen inches long, and double-edged near the point; — ...

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• Case knife

  ·- A knife carried in a sheath or case. II. Case knife ·- A large table knife; — so called from be...

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• Drawing knife

  ·noun ·Alt. of <<Drawknife>>. ...

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• Knife switch

  ·add. ·- A switch consisting of one or more knifelike pieces hinged at one end and making contact ne...

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• Spalding knife

  ·- A spalting knife. ...

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• Spalting knife

  ·- A knife used in splitting codfish. ...

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• bowie-knife

  (Pron. [boo-ee]). A knife from ten to fifteen inches long and about two inches broad, so named after...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• knife-gate

  a run at a friend's table. York. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• jack-knife

  A horn-handled clasp-knife with a laniard, worn by seamen. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• spalding-knife

  A knife used for splitting fish in Newfoundland. ...

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• edge away, to

  To decline gradually from the course which the ship formerly steered, by sailing larger, or more off...

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• edge down, to

  To approach any object in an oblique direction. ...

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• hard up in a clinch, and no knife to cut the seizing

  Overtaken by misfortune, and no means of evading it. ...

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