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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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..
Cuneal :: Cuneal () Relating to 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..
Pickaxe :: Pickaxe (n.) A pick with a point at one end, a transverse edge or blade at the other, and a handle inserted at the middle; a hammer with a flattened end for driving wedges and a pointed end for piercing as it strikes..
Embolus :: Embolus (n.) Something inserted, as a wedge; the piston or sucker of a pump or syringe..
Arch Brick :: Arch brick () A wedge-shaped brick used in the building of an arch.
Cam :: Cam (n.) A curved wedge, movable about an axis, used for forcing or clamping two pieces together..
Arch Stone :: Arch stone () A wedge-shaped stone used in an arch; a voussoir.
Gad :: Gad (n.) A wedge-shaped billet of iron or steel.
Wedgy :: Wedgy (a.) Like a wedge; wedge-shaped.
Wedged :: Wedged (imp. & p. p.) of Wedg.
Cuniform :: Cuniform (n.) The wedge-shaped characters used in ancient Persian and Assyrian inscriptions.
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..
Wedge :: Wedge (n.) Anything in the form of a wedge, as a body of troops drawn up in such a form..
Key :: Key (v. t.) To fasten or secure firmly; to fasten or tighten with keys or wedges.
Wedge :: 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..
Jack :: Jack (n.) A wooden wedge for separating rocks rent by blasting.
Wedge :: Wedge (n.) A mass of metal, especially when of a wedgelike form..
Unwedgeable :: Unwedgeable (a.) Not to be split with wedges.
Water Lettuce :: Water lettuce () A plant (Pistia stratiotes) which floats on tropical waters, and forms a rosette of spongy, wedge-shaped leaves..
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