Wedge-formed

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• Formed

  ·Impf & ·p.p. of <<Form>>. II. Formed ·adj Arranged, as stars in a constellation; as, formed stars....

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• Wedge

  ·vt To force or drive as a wedge is driven. II. Wedge ·noun A mass of metal, especially when of a w...

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• wedge

  Silver plate, because melted by the receivers of stolen goods into wedges. CANT. ...

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• wedge

  [from the Anglo-Saxon wege]. A simple but effective mechanical force; a triangular solid on which a ...

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• Full-formed

  ·adj Full in form or shape; rounded out with flesh. ...

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• Re-formed

  ·Impf & ·p.p. of Re-form. ...

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• Wedge gage

  ·add. ·- A wedge with a graduated edge, to measure the width of a space into which it is thrust. ...

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• Wedge gauge

  ·add. ·- ·Alt. of Wedge gage. ...

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• Wedge gear

  ·add. ·- A friction gear wheel with wedge-shaped circumferential grooves. ...

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• Wedge-shaped

  ·adj Having the shape of a wedge; cuneiform. II. Wedge-shaped ·adj Broad and truncate at the summit...

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• Wedge-shell

  ·noun Any one of numerous species of small marine bivalves belonging to Donax and allied genera in w...

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• Wedge-tailed

  ·adj Having a tail which has the middle pair of feathers longest, the rest successively and decidedl...

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• wedge-bill

  n. an Australian bird. ThisEnglish name for a species of humming-bird is applied inAustralia to Sph...

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• ganny-wedge

  A thick wooden wedge, used in splitting timber. ...

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• wedge-fids

  For top and top-gallant masts; in two parts, lifting by shores and sett-wedges. (See setting-up.) ...

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• tree-nail wedge

  A cross is cut in the tree-nail end, and wedges driven in, caulked; or sometimes a wedge is driven i...

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• wedge-shaped gulf

  One which is wide at its entrance, and gradually narrows towards its termination, as that of Califor...

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