Outside vs Edge - What's the difference?
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The part of something that faces out; the outer surface.
* 1653 , (Thomas Urquhart) (translator), , , "The Author's Prologue to the First Book"
* 1890 , (Jacob Riis), ,
* 1911 , '', article in '' ,
The external appearance of something.
The space beyond some limit or boundary.
* (rfdate) Spectator
* 1967 , (The Bee Gees), ,
* 1982 , (Anne Dudley), (Trevor Horn), (Malcolm Mclaren), (Buffalo Gals)
The furthest limit, as to number, quantity, extent, etc.
(dated, UK, colloquial) A passenger riding on the outside of a coach or carriage.
* (rfdate) (Charles Dickens), (The Pickwick Papers)
Of or pertaining to the outer surface, limit or boundary.
* 1901 , ,
* 1921 , Ernest Leopold Ahrons, ,
Of, pertaining to or originating from beyond the outer surface, limit or boundary.
* 1938 (believed written c.1933), ,
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* 1993 September 3, ,
(baseball, of a pitch) Away (far) from the batter as it crosses home plate.
Reaching the extreme or farthest limit, as to extent, quantity, etc.
(rfc-sense) On or towards the outside.
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Outdoors.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=14 (rfc-sense) On the outside of.
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* 1919' June 28, the '', Part IV—German Rights and Interests ' outside Germany,
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Near, but not in.
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* 2002 , , Bookends , 2003 trade paperback edition, ISBN 0767907817, outside back cover:
* 2010 December, Patricia Corrigan, "Beyond Congregations", OY!'' (magazine section), ''St. Louis Jewish Light , volume 63, number 50, page 24:
Except, apart from.
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.
* {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=December, author=Paul Voss
, magazine=(IEEE Spectrum), title= The thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument, such as an ax, knife, sword, or scythe; that which cuts as an edge does, or wounds deeply, etc.
* (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.
* {{quote-news
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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,
As a proper noun outside
is (slang|us) to residents of alaska, the rest of the united states, especially the contiguous 48 states south of canada.As a noun edge is
the boundary line of a surface.As a verb edge is
to move an object slowly and carefully in a particular direction.outside
English
Alternative forms
* (l) (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- Silenes of old were little boxes, like those we now may see in the shops of apothecaries, painted on the outside with wanton toyish figures, as harpies, satyrs, bridled geese, horned hares, saddled ducks, flying goats, thiller harts, and other such-like counterfeited pictures at discretion, ...
- The outside of the building gives no valuable clew.
- The number of persons which the cab is licensed to carry must be painted at the back on the outside .
- I threw open the door of my chamber, and found the family standing on the outside .
- Have you seen my wife, Mr Jones? / Do you know what it's like on the outside ?
- Four buffalo gals go 'round the outside' / 'Round the '''outside''' / 'Round the '''outside''' / Four buffalo gals go 'round the ' outside / And do-si-do your partners.
- It may last a week at the outside .
- The outsides' did as ' outsides always do. They were very cheerful and talkative at the beginning of every stage, and very dismal and sleepy in the middle
Usage notes
* Rarely used with an .Adjective
(en adjective)- The outside surface looks good.
- Household drudgery, woodcutting, milking, and gardening soon roughen the hands and dim the outside polish.
- The tyres, which come from the steel manufacturers, are rolled without weld. They are bored inside to an internal diameter slightly less than the outside diameter of the wheel centre, on to which they have to be shrunk, the allowance being about 1/1000 of the diameter of the wheel centre.
- Dogs had a fear of me, for they felt the outside shadow which never left my side.
- It is the witness to your state of mind, the outside picture of an inward condition.
- Nor did they consult with outside persons in religious studies, sociology of religion, or psychology of religion.
- The first pitch is ... just a bit outside .
- an outside estimate
Adverb
(en adverb)- Jurgis waited outside and walked home with Marija.
citation, passage=Just under the ceiling there were three lunette windows, heavily barred and blacked out in the normal way by centuries of grime. Their bases were on a level with the pavement outside , a narrow way which was several feet lower than the road behind the house.}}
Preposition
(English prepositions)- It never happens outside of the story-books that a baby so deserted finds home and friends at once.
- "Don't think of what's past!" said she. "I am not going to think outside of now. Why should we! Who knows what to-morrow has in store?"
- In territory outside her European frontiers as fixed by the present Treaty, Germany renounces all rights, titles and privileges whatever in or over territory which belonged to her or to her allies, and all rights, titles and privileges whatever their origin which she held as against the Allied and Associated Powers.
- There is jurisdiction over an offense under section 601 committed outside the United States if the individual committing the offense is a citizen of the United States or an alien lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence (as defined in section 101(a)(20) of the Immigration and Nationality Act).
- Hepaticology, outside the temperate parts of the Northern Hemisphere, still lies deep in the shadow cast by that ultimate "closet taxonomist," Franz Stephani—a ghost whose shadow falls over us all.
- Up the hill Richmond town was burning briskly; outside the town of Richmond there was no trace of the Black Smoke.
- Jane Green lives outside New York City with her husband and children.
- Kastner lives in University City with his wife, Leslie Cohen, who works for the Jewish Federation, and their 17-month-old old(SIC) son. Kastner grew up outside Cleveland.
- Outside of winning the lottery, the only way to succeed is through many years of hard work.
Antonyms
* insideStatistics
*edge
English
(Webster 1913)Noun
(en noun)Small Drones Deserve Sensible Regulation, passage=It’s no secret that the United States may be losing its edge in civilian aviation. Nowhere is this more apparent than with small unmanned aircraft, those tiny flying robots that promise to transform agriculture, forestry, pipeline monitoring, filmmaking, and more.}}
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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.
citation, page= , passage=Carroll has been edging slowly towards full fitness after his expensive arrival from Newcastle United and his partnership with £23m Luis Suarez showed rich promise as Liverpool controlled affairs from start to finish.}}
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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.
