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wedging
(encz) | wedging,klínování n: Zdeněk Brož |
wedging
(encz) | wedging,zaklínování n: Zdeněk Brož |
Wedging
(gcide) | Wedge \Wedge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wedged; p. pr. & vb. n.
Wedging.]
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1. To cleave or separate with a wedge or wedges, or as with a
wedge; to rive. "My heart, as wedged with a sigh, would
rive in twain." --Shak.
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2. To force or drive as a wedge is driven.
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Among the crowd in the abbey where a finger
Could not be wedged in more. --Shak.
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He 's just the sort of man to wedge himself into a
snug berth. --Mrs. J. H.
Ewing.
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3. To force by crowding and pushing as a wedge does; as, to
wedge one's way. --Milton.
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4. To press closely; to fix, or make fast, in the manner of a
wedge that is driven into something.
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Wedged in the rocky shoals, and sticking fast.
--Dryden.
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5. 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.
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6. (Pottery) To cut, as clay, into wedgelike masses, and work
by dashing together, in order to expel air bubbles, etc.
--Tomlinson.
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wedging
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Foxtail wedging
(gcide) | Foxtail \Fox"tail`\, n.
1. The tail or brush of a fox.
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2. (Bot.) The name of several kinds of grass having a soft
dense head of flowers, mostly the species of Alopecurus
and Setaria.
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3. (Metal.) The last cinders obtained in the fining process.
--Raymond.
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Foxtail saw, a dovetail saw.
Foxtail wedging. See Fox wedge, under Fox.
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