Edge

(noun.) a sharp side formed by the intersection of two surfaces of an object; 'he rounded the edges of the box'.

(noun.) the outside limit of an object or area or surface; a place farthest away from the center of something; 'the edge of the leaf is wavy'; 'she sat on the edge of the bed'; 'the water's edge'.

(noun.) a slight competitive advantage; 'he had an edge on the competition'.

(noun.) the attribute of urgency in tone of voice; 'his voice had an edge to it'.

(noun.) the boundary of a surface.

(verb.) provide with an edge; 'edge a blade'.

(verb.) advance slowly, as if by inches; 'He edged towards the car'.

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• Knife-edge girdle diamonds are impractical owing to the liability of chipping the thin edge in setting or by blows while being worn. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Your nerves are all on edge. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• Might I ask you, Watson, to open that window, and then to put a match to the edge of the straw? 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• On the edge of her consciousness the question was asking itself, automatically: 'Why ARE you behaving in this IMPOSSIBLE and ridiculous fashion. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Sherlock Holmes picked them up one by one, and laid them along the edge of the table. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• He ran his thumbnail around the edge of the box and, opening the lid, handed them to Pablo who took half a dozen. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• I bent over the body, and took in my hand the edge of his cloak, less altered in appearance than the human frame it clothed. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Ingenious forms of hand-operated ironing machines for turning over and ironing the edges of collars, and other articles, are in successful use. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• Other stone-cutting machines had for their objects the cutting and moulding the edges of tables, mantels and slabs; and the cutting of circular and other curved work. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• The white, snow-like vapor seen falling over the edges of the tumbler is intensely cold and heavier than ordinary air. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• The diaphragm A, of thin ferrotype plate, is clamped at its edges between the cap, or mouth-piece, and the handle. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• All broken, and worm-eaten, and crumbling to dust at the edges. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• These mirrors are hinged at O O, and when swung outward rest by their external edges against the bar P, and then occupy the position shown by the dotted lines G′ G′. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• The sense of walls, dry, thin, flimsy-seeming walls, and a flimsy flooring, pale with its artificial black edges, was neutralising to the mind. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Holmes edged his way round the wall and flinging the shutters together, he bolted them securely. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• The double-edged question was yours. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• It's wrote on gilt-edged paper,' said Sam, as he unfolded it, 'and sealed in bronze vax vith the top of a door key. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• At this little expression of opinion, Mr. Jinks smiled again--rather more feebly than before--and edged himself, by degrees, back into his own corner. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• The photograph becomes a double-edged weapon now. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• Another feature of the lock is the thin, flat keys with bevel-edged notchings, or with longitudinal sinuous corrugations to fit a narrow slit of a cylinder lock. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• In his girdle he wore a long and double-edged dagger, which was the only offensive weapon about his person. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• Yes, said I, edging him a little away with my shoulder. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• No, thank ye--it don't agree with me, said the little man, edging off. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• Young gentlemen who go to college are rather more costly than that, Mrs. Garth innocently continued, pulling out the edging on a cap-border. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• The candle, wasted at last, went out; as it expired, I perceived streaks of grey light edging the window curtains: dawn was then approaching. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Another, SHE calls it tucker-edging. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.

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