Definition of wedge

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Wedge (n.) A piece of metal, or other hard material, thick at one end, and tapering to a thin edge at the other, used in splitting wood, rocks, etc., in raising heavy bodies, and the like. It is one of the six elementary machines called the mechanical powers. See Illust. of Mechanical powers, under Mechanical..

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Unwedgeable :: Unwedgeable (a.) Not to be split with wedges.
Wedge-shaped :: Wedge-shaped (a.) Having the shape of a wedge; cuneiform.
Wedge :: Wedge (v. t.) To force or drive as a wedge is driven.
Scotch :: Scotch (v. t.) To shoulder up; to prop or block with a wedge, chock, etc., as a wheel, to prevent its rolling or slipping..
Cuniform :: Cuniform (a.) Pertaining to, or versed in, the ancient wedge-shaped characters, or the inscriptions in them..
Quoin :: Quoin (n.) To wedge or lock up a form within a chase.
Embolus :: Embolus (n.) Something inserted, as a wedge; the piston or sucker of a pump or syringe..
Coin :: Coin (n.) A quoin; a corner or external angle; a wedge. See Coigne, and Quoin..
Arch Brick :: Arch brick () A wedge-shaped brick used in the building of an arch.
Quoin :: Quoin (n.) A wedgelike piece of stone, wood metal, or other material, used for various purposes.
Sphenoid :: Sphenoid (n.) A wedge-shaped crystal bounded by four equal isosceles triangles. It is the hemihedral form of a square pyramid.
Shiver :: Shiver (n.) A small wedge, as for fastening the bolt of a window shutter..
Impact :: Impact (v. t.) To drive close; to press firmly together: to wedge into a place.
Beetle :: Beetle (v. t.) A heavy mallet, used to drive wedges, beat pavements, etc..
Cam :: Cam (n.) A curved wedge, movable about an axis, used for forcing or clamping two pieces together..
Pipsissewa :: Pipsissewa (n.) A low evergreen plant (Chimaphila umbellata), with narrow, wedge-lanceolate leaves, and an umbel of pretty nodding fragrant blossoms. It has been used in nephritic diseases. Called also prince's pine..
Wedge :: Wedge (v. t.) To cut, as clay, into wedgelike masses, and work by dashing together, in order to expel air bubbles, etc..
Cuneal :: Cuneal () Relating to a wedge; wedge-shaped.
Wedgy :: Wedgy (a.) Like a wedge; wedge-shaped.
Wedge :: Wedge (v. t.) To fasten with a wedge, or with wedges; as, to wedge a scythe on the snath; to wedge a rail or a piece of timber in its place..
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