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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
.
Wedge
n.
A
solid
of
five
sides
,
having
a
rectangular
base
,
two
rectangular
or
trapezoidal
sides
meeting
in an
edge
,
and
two
triangular
ends
.
Wedge
n.
A
mass
of
metal
,
especially
when
of a
wedgelike
form
.
Wedge
n.
Anything
in
the
form
of a
wedge
, as a
body
of
troops
drawn
up in
such
a
form
.
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
.
Wedge
v. t.
To
cleave
or
separate
with
a
wedge
or
wedges
, or as
with
a
wedge
; to
rive
.
Wedge
v. t.
To
force
or
drive
as a
wedge
is
driven
.
Wedge
v. t.
To
force
by
crowding
and
pushing
as a
wedge
does
; as, to
wedge
one
's
way
.
Wedge
v. t.
To
press
closely
; to
fix
, or
make
fast
, in
the
manner
of a
wedge
that
is
driven
into
something
.
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
.
Wedge
v. t.
To
cut
, as
clay
,
into
wedgelike
masses
,
and
work
by
dashing
together
, in
order
to
expel
air
bubbles
,
etc
.
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