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sledge | edge |

As nouns the difference between sledge and edge

is that sledge is a heavy, long handled maul or hammer used to drive stakes, wedges, etc while edge is the boundary line of a surface.

As verbs the difference between sledge and edge

is that sledge is to hit with a sledgehammer while edge is to move an object slowly and carefully in a particular direction.

sledge

English

(wikipedia sledge)

Etymology 1

(etyl) slecg.

Noun

(en noun)
  • A heavy, long handled maul or hammer used to drive stakes, wedges, etc.
  • * 1737 , J. Ray, A Collection of English Words Not Generally Used, With their Significations and Original in two ''Alphabetical Catalogues''; the one, of such as are proper to the ''Northern'', the other, to the ''Southern'' Counties. With an Account of the preparing and refining such ''Metals'' and ''Minerals'' as are found in ''England .
    • [based on information from Major Hill, Master of the Silver Mills, in 1662, descibing silver mining in Cardiganshire] They dig the Oar thus; One holds a little Picque, or Punch of Iron, having a long Handle of Wood which they call a Gad ; Another with a great Iron Hammer, or Sledge , drives it into the Vein.
  • * 2006 , Tom Benford, Garage And Workshop Gear Guide
    • Sledge hammers are only used for heavy-duty persuading when working on vehicles or machinery.
    Synonyms
    * (long handled maul or hammer) sledgehammer

    Verb

    (sledg)
  • to hit with a sledgehammer.
  • * 1842 , John O'Donovan, The Banquet of Dun Na N-Gedh and The Battle of Magh Rath: An Ancient and Historical Tale
    • The rapid and violent exertion of smiths, mightily sledging the glowing iron masses of their furnaces.
  • * 2005 , Langdon W Moore, Langdon W. Moore: His Own Story of His Eventful Life
    • When I inquired the reason of this wire being used in the construction of the safe, I was told it was to prevent the doors being broken by either sledging or wedging.

    Etymology 2

    Dialectal (etyl) sleedse

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A low sled drawn by animals, typically on snow, ice or grass.
    • The sledge ran far better upon the ice, I cannot say the same for the dogs.
  • (British) any type of sled or sleigh.
  • * 1708 , F. C. [possibly F. Conyers], Compleat Collier: Or, The Whole Art of Sinking, Getting, and Working, Coal-mines about Sunderland and New-Castle
    • Aged wore out Coal-Horses, which after some time Wrought you will have, may serve turn for Sledge -Horses.
  • * 1716 , Myles Davies, Athenae Britannicae: Or, A Critical History of the Oxford and Cambridge Writers And Writings...Part I [the full title stretches for 70 words]'' reporting a passage in "Nicholas Sanders's Seditious Pamphlet" ''De Schismate Anglicano, &c (1585)
    • Ty'd upon the Sledge , a Papist and a Protestant in front, being two very disparate and antipathetick Companions, was a very ridiculous Science of Cruelty, even worst than Death it self (says he).
  • * 2006 , Richard Higgins, Peter Brukner, Bryan English (editors), Essential Sports Medicine
    • There are also Winter Paralympic Games with Alpine and Nordic events, as well as sledge' hockey - a form of ice hockey using a seated ' sledge .
  • * 2006 , Pete Draper, Deconstructing the Elements With 3ds Max: Create Natural Fire, Earth, Air and Water Without Plug-Ins
    • For anyone who can recall their schooldays, when you used to get snow every winter, flying down hills on a polythene bag the thickness of an atom, and a lovely old sledge your Grandpa made for you (the only Christmas it DIDN'T snow),...
  • A card game resembling all fours and seven-up; old sledge.

    • See also

    * sled * sleigh * toboggan

    Verb

    (sledg)
  • To drag or draw a sledge.
  • * 1860 , Sherard Osborn, The career, last voyage and fate of ... Sir John Franklin
    • It should be remembered, that these explorations were nearly all made by our seamen and officers on foot, dragging sledges, on which were piled tents, provision, fuel for cooking, and raiment. This sledging was brought to perfection by Captain M'Clintock.
  • * 2004 , Andy Selters, Ways to the Sky: A Historical Guide to North American Mountaineering
    • Sledging en route to Mt. Logan on the 1925 first ascent. [caption to photo of four men dragging a sledge]
  • To ride, travel with or transport in a sledge.
  • * 1811 , Maria Edgeworth, Popular Tales
    • He was also to initiate me in the American pastime of sleighing, or sledging .
  • * 1860 , John Timbs, School-days of Eminent Men: I. Sketches of the Progress of Education in England, from the Reign of King Alfred
    • When "the great fen or moor" which washed the city walls on the north was frozen over, sliding, sledging , and skating were the sports of crowds.
  • * 2006 , Godfrey (EDT) Baldacchino, Extreme Tourism: Lessons from the World's Cold Water Islands
    • Some of these may be closely associated with the day-to-day lifestyle of such communities — marine activities (fishing, wildlife viewing), mountain activities (abseiling, climbing, hunting) or winter sports (dog sledging ).

    Etymology 3

    From , influenced by sledgehammer. Australian from 1960s.
    According to , ISBN 086840-680-5, page 141.

    Verb

    (sledg)
  • (chiefly, cricket, Australian) To verbally insult or abuse an opponent in order to distract them (considered unsportsmanlike).
  • * 1998 , Larry Elliott, Daniel E Atkinson, The Age of Insecurity
    • Batteries of fast bowlers softened batsmen up with short-pitched bowling, while fielders tried to disturb their concentration with a running commentary of insults commonly known as sledging .
  • * 2004 , Dhanjoo N. Ghista, Socio-Economic Democracy and the World Government: Collective Capitalism, Depovertization, Human Rights, Template for Sustainable Peace
    • Then, all these...government legislators...would be able to totally concentrate on their roles and functions, without being entangled in interparty sledging and squabbles.
  • * 2005 , David Fraser, Cricket and the Law: The Man in White Is Always Right
    • The 2000 Code of the Laws of Cricket includes new anti-sledging provisions.
  • * 2013 November 6, Marina Hyde, " Whatever Shane Warne says, the Ashes sledgers need to raise their game", The Guardian
    • "Bloody hell even their sledging' is now shite!!!" he ' sledged .

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    Anagrams

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    edge

    English

    (Webster 1913)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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= 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.}}
  • 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, page 49,
    • No, 'tis slander; / Whose edge is sharper than the sword;
  • * 1833 , Adam Clarke (editor), (w)'', II, 12, ''The New Testament , page 929,
    • And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things saith he which hath the sharp sword with two edges :
  • 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, page 166,
    • Here by, upon the edge of yonder coppice; / A stand, where you may make the fairest shoot.
  • * 1667 , (John Milton), (Paradise Lost)'', 1824, Edwartd Hawkins (editor), ''The Poetical Works of John Milton , Volume 1, page 32,
    • In worst extremes, and on the perilous edge / Of battle when it rag'd, in all assaults
  • * 1820 , , (Ivanhoe)'', 1833, ''The Complete Works of Sir Walter Scott , Volume 3, page 9,
    • .
  • 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, page 69,
    • 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.
  • * 1820 , , (Ivanhoe) , 1827, page 175,
    • we are to turn the full edge of our indignation upon the accursed instrument, which had so well nigh occasioned his utter falling away.
  • 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, page 203,
    • supposing that the new general, unacquainted with his army, and on the edge of winter, would not hastily oppose them.
  • (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
    • Finally another edge for 4, this time dropped by the keeper
  • (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 .

    • Synonyms

    * (advantage) advantage, gain * (sharp terminating border) brink, lip, margin, rim, boundary * (in graph theory) line

    Derived terms

    * bottom edge * inside edge * live on the edge * on edge * outside edge * top edge

    Related terms

    * edging * edgy

    See also

    * Mathworld article on the edges of polygons * Mathworld article on the edges of polyhedra * Science book

    Verb

    (edg)
  • To move an object slowly and carefully in a particular direction.
    • He edged the book across the table.
  • To move slowly and carefully in a particular direction.
    • He edged away from her.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=April 11 , author=Phil McNulty , title=Liverpool 3 - 0 Man City , work=BBC Sport 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.}}
  • (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, page 181,
    • 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 furnish with an edge, as a tool or weapon; to sharpen.
  • * Dryden
    • to edge her champion's sword
  • (figurative) To make sharp or keen; to incite; to exasperate; to goad; to urge or egg on.
  • * Hayward
    • By such reasonings, the simple were blinded, and the malicious edged .
  • To delay one's orgasm so as to remain almost at the point of orgasm.
  • * 2011 , Nicholson Baker, House of Holes , page 181
    • “I think of it as mine, but, yes, it's his cock I've been edging with. Do you edge?”
  • * 2012 , Ryan Field, Lasting Lust: An Anthology of Kinky Couples in Love , page 33
    • Paul had been edging since the first young guy started to fuck, and he wanted Paul to come inside his body that night.
  • * 2012 , Ryan Field, Field of Dreams: The Very Best Stories of Ryan Field, page 44
    • 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 / reedge

    Quotations

    * 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!

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