Definition of wedge

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Wedge (n.) The person whose name stands lowest on the list of the classical tripos; -- so called after a person (Wedgewood) who occupied this position on the first list of 1828.

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Wedge-shaped :: Wedge-shaped (a.) Having the shape of a wedge; cuneiform.
Glut :: Glut (n.) A wooden wedge used in splitting blocks.
Wedged :: Wedged (imp. & p. p.) of Wedg.
Feather :: Feather (n.) A thin wedge driven between the two semicylindrical parts of a divided plug in a hole bored in a stone, to rend the stone..
Sphenoid :: Sphenoid (a.) Wedge-shaped; as, a sphenoid crystal..
Voussoir :: Voussoir (n.) One of the wedgelike stones of which an arch is composed.
Wedge :: Wedge (n.) A solid of five sides, having a rectangular base, two rectangular or trapezoidal sides meeting in an edge, and two triangular ends..
Cuneal :: Cuneal () Relating to a wedge; wedge-shaped.
Pile :: Pile (n.) One of the ordinaries or subordinaries having the form of a wedge, usually placed palewise, with the broadest end uppermost..
Chock :: Chock (v. t.) To stop or fasten, as with a wedge, or block; to scotch; as, to chock a wheel or cask..
Gore :: Gore (v.) A wedgeshaped or triangular piece of cloth, canvas, etc., sewed into a garment, sail, etc., to give greater width at a particular part..
Arch Brick :: Arch brick () A wedge-shaped brick used in the building of an arch.
Sphene :: Sphene (n.) A mineral found usually in thin, wedge-shaped crystals of a yellow or green to black color. It is a silicate of titanium and calcium; titanite..
Wedgewise :: Wedgewise (adv.) In the manner of a wedge.
Jack :: Jack (n.) A wooden wedge for separating rocks rent by blasting.
Shiver :: Shiver (n.) A small wedge, as for fastening the bolt of a window shutter..
Wedgy :: Wedgy (a.) Like a wedge; wedge-shaped.
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..
Slice :: Slice (v. t.) One of the wedges by which the cradle and the ship are lifted clear of the building blocks to prepare for launching.
Arch :: Arch (n.) Usually a curved member made up of separate wedge-shaped solids, with the joints between them disposed in the direction of the radii of the curve; used to support the wall or other weight above an opening. In this sense arches are segmental, round (i. e., semicircular), or pointed..
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