Definition of wedge

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Wedge (v. t.) To press closely; to fix, or make fast, in the manner of a wedge that is driven into something..

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Cow :: Cow (n.) A wedge, or brake, to check the motion of a machine or car; a chock..
Gad :: Gad (n.) A pointed or wedge-shaped instrument of metal, as a steel wedge used in mining, etc..
Cuneated :: Cuneated (a.) wedge-shaped, with the point at the base; as, a cuneate leaf..
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..
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..
Wedgewise :: Wedgewise (adv.) In the manner of a wedge.
Key :: Key (n.) A wedge to unite two or more pieces, or adjust their relative position; a cotter; a forelock..
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..
Cuneated :: Cuneated (a.) Wedge-shape.
Embolus :: Embolus (n.) Something inserted, as a wedge; the piston or sucker of a pump or syringe..
Wedge :: Wedge (v. t.) To force or drive as a wedge is driven.
Wedge-shaped :: Wedge-shaped (a.) Broad and truncate at the summit, and tapering down to the base; as, a wedge-shaped leaf..
Wedged :: Wedged (imp. & p. p.) of Wedg.
Wedge :: 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.
Sphenoid :: Sphenoid (a.) Wedge-shaped; as, a sphenoid crystal..
Pile :: Pile (n.) One of the ordinaries or subordinaries having the form of a wedge, usually placed palewise, with the broadest end uppermost..
Wedge :: Wedge (n.) Anything in the form of a wedge, as a body of troops drawn up in such a form..
Cuneal :: Cuneal () Relating to a wedge; wedge-shaped.
Cam :: Cam (n.) A curved wedge, movable about an axis, used for forcing or clamping two pieces together..
Chock :: Chock (n.) A wedge, or block made to fit in any space which it is desired to fill, esp. something to steady a cask or other body, or prevent it from moving, by fitting into the space around or beneath it..
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