unedge
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Verb[edit]
unedge (third-person singular simple present unedges, present participle unedging, simple past and past participle unedged)
- To deprive of an edge; to blunt.
- 1610–1614, John Fletcher, “The Tragedie of Valentinian”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
- […] bodies that were made for shining brass,
Are […] unedged
References[edit]
“unedge”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.