Edge vs Mark - What's the difference?
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The boundary line of a surface.
(label) A one-dimensional face of a polytope. In particular, the joining line between two vertices of a polygon; the place where two faces of a polyhedron meet.
An advantage.
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* (William Shakespeare), (Cymbeline)'', Act 3, Scene 4, 1818, ''The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare , Volume 6, C. Whittingham, London,
* 1833 , Adam Clarke (editor), (w)'', II, 12, ''The New Testament ,
A sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; an extreme verge.
* 1598 , (William Shakespeare), (w, Love's Labour's Lost)'', Act 4, Scene 1, 1830, (George Steevens) (editor), ''The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare , Volume 1,
* 1667 , (John Milton), (Paradise Lost)'', 1824, Edwartd Hawkins (editor), ''The Poetical Works of John Milton , Volume 1,
* 1820 , , (Ivanhoe)'', 1833, ''The Complete Works of Sir Walter Scott , Volume 3,
Sharpness; readiness or fitness to cut; keenness; intenseness of desire.
* , (Jeremy Taylor), Sermon X: The Faith and Patience of the Saints, Part 2'', ''The Whole Sermons of Jeremy Taylor , 1841,
* 1820 , , (Ivanhoe) , 1827,
The border or part adjacent to the line of division; the beginning or early part; as, in the edge of evening.
* 1853 (1670), (John Milton), Charles R. Sumner (translator), (The History of Britain)'', ''The Prose Works of John Milton , Volume V,
(label) A shot where the ball comes off the edge of the bat, often unintentionally.
* 2004 March 29, R. Bharat Rao Short report: Ind-Pak T1D2 Session 1 in rec.sports.cricket, Usenet
(label) A connected pair of vertices in a graph.
In male masturbation, a level of sexual arousal that is maintained just short of reaching the point of inevitability, or climax; see also edging .
To move an object slowly and carefully in a particular direction.
To move slowly and carefully in a particular direction.
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(usually in the form 'just edge') To win by a small margin.
(cricket) To hit the ball with an edge of the bat, causing a fine deflection.
To trim the margin of a lawn where the grass meets the sidewalk, usually with an electric or gas-powered lawn edger.
To furnish with an edge; to construct an edging.
* 2005 , Paige Gilchrist, The Big Book of Backyard Projects: Walls, Fences, Paths, Patios, Benches, Chairs & More , Section 2: Paths and Walkways,
To furnish with an edge, as a tool or weapon; to sharpen.
* Dryden
(figurative) To make sharp or keen; to incite; to exasperate; to goad; to urge or egg on.
* Hayward
To delay one's orgasm so as to remain almost at the point of orgasm.
* 2011 , Nicholson Baker, House of Holes ,
* 2012 , Ryan Field, Lasting Lust: An Anthology of Kinky Couples in Love ,
* 2012 , Ryan Field, Field of Dreams: The Very Best Stories of Ryan Field,
(label) Boundary, land within a boundary.
#(obsolete) A boundary; a border or frontier.
#(obsolete) A boundary-post or fence.
#A stone or post used to indicate position and guide travellers.
#*1859 , Henry Bull, A history, military and municipal, of the ancient borough of the Devizes :
#*:I do remember a great thron in Yatton field near Bristow-way, against which Sir William Waller's men made a great fire and killed it. I think the stump remains, and was a mark for travellers.
#(archaic) A type of small region or principality.
#*1954 , J R R Tolkien, The Two Towers :
#*:There dwells Théoden son of Thengel, King of the Mark of Rohan.
#(historical) A common, or area of common land, especially among early Germanic peoples.
(label) Characteristic, sign, visible impression.
#An omen; a symptomatic indicator of something.
#*1813 , Jane Austen, Pride And Prejudice :
#*:depend upon it, you will speedily receive from me a letter of thanks for this as well as for every other mark of your regard during my stay in Hertfordshire.
#A characteristic feature.
#:A good sense of manners is the mark of a true gentleman.
#*1643 , Sir Thomas Browne, Religio Medici :
#*:there is surely a physiognomy, which those experienced and master mendicants observe, whereby they instantly discover a merciful aspect, and will single out a face, wherein they spy the signatures and marks of mercy.
#A visible impression or sign; a blemish, scratch, or stain, whether accidental or intentional.
#*1897 , Bram Stoker, Dracula :
#*:Then she put before her face her poor crushed hands, which bore on their whiteness the red mark of the Count's terrible grip.
#A sign or brand on a person.
#*, III.iv.2.6:
#*:Doubt not of thine election, it is an immutable decree; a mark never to be defaced: you have been otherwise, you may and shall be.
#A written character or sign.
#:The font wasn't able to render all the diacritical marks properly.
#A stamp or other indication of provenance, quality etc.
#:With eggs, you need to check for the quality mark before you buy.
#*Knight
#*:The mark of the artisan is found upon the most ancient fabrics that have come to light.
#(obsolete) Resemblance, likeness, image.
#*c.1380 , Geoffrey Chaucer, ‘The Franklin's Tale’, Canterbury Tales :
#*:Which mankynde is so fair part of thy werk / That thou it madest lyk to thyn owene merk .
#A particular design or make of an item (now usually with following numeral).
#:Presentingmy patented travelator, mark two.
#A score for finding the correct answer, or other academic achievement; the sum of such point gained as out of a possible total.
#:What mark did you get in your history test?
(label) Indicator of position, objective etc.
#A target for shooting at with a projectile.
#*, II.1:
#*:A skilfull archer ought first to know the marke he aimeth at, and then apply his hand, his bow, his string, his arrow and his motion accordingly.
#*1786 , Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons , p.37:
#*:To give them an accurate eye and strength of arm, none under twenty-four years of age might shoot at any standing mark', except it was for a rover, and then he was to change his '''mark''' at every shot; and no person above that age might shoot at any ' mark whose distance was less than eleven score yards.
#An indication or sign used for reference or measurement.
#:I filled the bottle up to the 500ml mark .
#The target or intended victim of a swindle, fixed game or con game.
#(obsolete) The female genitals.
#*1596 , William Shakespeare, Love's Labours Lost , I.4:
#*:A mark' saies my Lady. Let the ' mark haue a prick in't, to meate at, if it may be.
#*1749 , John Cleland, Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure , Penguin, 1985, p.68:
#*:her thighs were still spread, and the mark lay fair for him, who, now kneeling between them, displayed to us a side-view of that fierce erect machine of his.
#(Australian rules football) A catch of the ball directly from a kick of 10 metres or more without having been touched in transit, resulting in a free kick.
#(sports) The line indicating an athlete's starting-point.
#A score for a sporting achievement.
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#*1871 , Chicago Board of Education, Annual Report (vol.17, p.102)
#*:A mark for tardiness or for absence is considered by most pupils a disgrace, and strenuous efforts are made to avoid such a mark.
#(cooking) A specified level on a scale denoting gas-powered oven temperatures.
#:Now put the pastry in at 450 degrees, or mark 8.
#Limit or standard of action or fact.
#:to be within the mark'''; to come up to the '''mark
#Badge or sign of honour, rank, or official station.
#*Shakespeare
#*:In the official marks invested, you / Anon do meet the Senate.
#(archaic) Preeminence; high position.
#:patricians of mark'''; a fellow of no '''mark
#(logic) A characteristic or essential attribute; a differential.
#(nautical) One of the bits of leather or coloured bunting placed upon a sounding line at intervals of from two to five fathoms. (The unmarked fathoms are called "deeps".)
(label) Attention.
#(archaic) Attention, notice.
#:His last comment is particularly worthy of mark .
#Importance, noteworthiness.
#*1909 , Richard Burton, Masters of the English Novel :
#*:in the short story of western flavor he was a pioneer of mark , the founder of a genre: probably no other writer is so significant in his field.
#(obsolete) Regard; respect.
#*Shakespeare
#*:as much in mock as mark
To put a mark upon; to make recognizable by a mark.
To indicate in some way for later reference.
To take note of.
* Bible, Psalms xxxvii. 37
To blemish, scratch, or stain.
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To keep account of; to enumerate and register.
(Australian Rules football) To catch the ball directly from a kick of 15 metres or more without having been touched in transit, resulting in a free kick.
(sports) To follow a player not in possession of the ball when defending, to prevent them receiving a pass easily.
(golf) To put a marker in the place of one's ball.
A measure of weight (especially for gold and silver), once used throughout Europe, equivalent to 8 oz.
* 1997 , Bernard Scudder, translating ‘Egil's Saga’, in The Sagas of Icelanders , Penguin 2001, p. 91:
An English and Scottish unit of currency (originally valued at one mark weight of silver), equivalent to 13 shillings and fourpence.
* 2011 , Thomas Penn, Winter King , Penguin 2012, p. 167:
Any of various European monetary units, especially the base unit of currency of Germany between 1948 and 2002, equal to 100 pfennigs.
A mark coin.
(imperative, marching) (said to be easier to pronounce while giving a command ).
Edge is a related term of mark.
As nouns the difference between edge and mark
is that edge is the boundary line of a surface while mark is sign.As a verb edge
is to move an object slowly and carefully in a particular direction.edge
English
(Webster 1913)Noun
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- No, 'tis slander; / Whose edge is sharper than the sword;
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- And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things saith he which hath the sharp sword with two edges :
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- Here by, upon the edge of yonder coppice; / A stand, where you may make the fairest shoot.
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- In worst extremes, and on the perilous edge / Of battle when it rag'd, in all assaults
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- Death and persecution lose all the ill that they can have, if we do not set an edge upon them by our fears and by our vices.
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- we are to turn the full edge of our indignation upon the accursed instrument, which had so well nigh occasioned his utter falling away.
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- supposing that the new general, unacquainted with his army, and on the edge of winter, would not hastily oppose them.
- Finally another edge for 4, this time dropped by the keeper
Synonyms
* (advantage) advantage, gain * (sharp terminating border) brink, lip, margin, rim, boundary * (in graph theory) lineDerived terms
* bottom edge * inside edge * live on the edge * on edge * outside edge * top edgeSee also
*Mathworld article on the edges of polygons*
Mathworld article on the edges of polyhedra*
Science book
Verb
(edg)- He edged the book across the table.
- He edged away from her.
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- If you're edging with stone, brick, or another material in a lawn area, set the upper surfaces of the edging just at or not more than ½ inch above ground level so it won't be an obstacle to lawn mowers.
- to edge her champion's sword
- By such reasonings, the simple were blinded, and the malicious edged .
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- “I think of it as mine, but, yes, it's his cock I've been edging with. Do you edge?”
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- Paul had been edging since the first young guy started to fuck, and he wanted Paul to come inside his body that night.
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- His mouth was open and he was still jerking his dick. Justin knew he must have been edging by then.
Derived terms
* edge out * edge up * re-edge / reedgeQuotations
* 1925 , Walter Anthony and Tom Reed (titles), Rupert Julian (director), The Phantom of the Opera , silent movie *: In Mlle. Carlotta’s correspondence there appeared another letter, edged in black!Anagrams
*mark
English
(wikipedia mark)Alternative forms
* marke (obsolete) * merk (obsolete)Etymology 1
From (etyl) mark, merk, merke, from (etyl) . Compare march.Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
(a particular design or make) * Mk (abbreviation) * (abbreviation)Derived terms
* beauty mark * bench-mark/benchmark * birthmark * black mark * bookmark * certification mark * chatter mark * check mark * chop mark * cue mark * diacritical mark * exclamation mark * full marks * funnel mark * gas mark * hash mark * high-water mark * laundry mark * leave one's mark * make one's mark * markstone * miss the mark * off the mark * on your marks * Plimsoll mark * punctuation mark * question mark * quotation mark * reference mark * remark * ripple mark * scuff mark * sea mark * service mark * strawberry mark * stress mark * stretch mark * tempo mark * touchmark / touch-mark * trade mark / trade-mark / trademark * vaccination mark * wide of the markVerb
(en verb)- to mark a box or bale of merchandise
- to mark clothing with one's name
- This monument marks the spot where Wolfe died.
- His courage and energy marked him as a leader.
- Mark the perfect man.
- See where this pencil has marked the paper.
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- to mark the points in a game of billiards or a card game
Synonyms
* (indicate correctness and give score) (l), (l)Derived terms
(Terms derived from the verb "mark") * man-mark * mark-down * mark down * marked * marker * marking * mark my words * mark off * mark out * mark time * mark up * mark-up * press-mark * unmarked * X marks the spotEtymology 2
From (etyl) mark, from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- As a reward for his poetry, Athelstan gave Egil two more gold rings weighing a mark each, along with an expensive cloak that the king himself had worn.
- He had been made a royal counsellor, drawing a substantial annual salary of a hundred marks .
Synonyms
* (German currency) (l), (l), (l)See also
* convertible mark * Deutsche Mark, Deutschmark * markka * ReichsmarkEtymology 3
Verb
(head)- Mark time, mark !
- Forward, mark !