Definition of wedge

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Wedge (v. t.) To cleave or separate with a wedge or wedges, or as with a wedge; to rive..

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Cow :: Cow (n.) A wedge, or brake, to check the motion of a machine or car; a chock..
Boottree :: Boottree (n.) An instrument to stretch and widen the leg of a boot, consisting of two pieces, together shaped like a leg, between which, when put into the boot, a wedge is driven..
Wedgebill :: Wedgebill (n.) An Australian crested insessorial bird (Sphenostoma cristatum) having a wedge-shaped bill. Its color is dull brown, like the earth of the plains where it lives..
Scotch :: Scotch (n.) A chock, wedge, prop, or other support, to prevent slipping; as, a scotch for a wheel or a log on inclined ground..
Glut :: Glut (n.) A wooden wedge used in splitting blocks.
Wedgewise :: Wedgewise (adv.) In the manner of a wedge.
Arch Brick :: Arch brick () A wedge-shaped brick used in the building of an arch.
Shiver :: Shiver (n.) A small wedge, as for fastening the bolt of a window shutter..
Sphene :: Sphene (n.) A mineral found usually in thin, wedge-shaped crystals of a yellow or green to black color. It is a silicate of titanium and calcium; titanite..
Key :: Key (v. t.) To fasten or secure firmly; to fasten or tighten with keys or wedges.
Wedge :: Wedge (v. t.) To cut, as clay, into wedgelike masses, and work by dashing together, in order to expel air bubbles, etc..
Arch Stone :: Arch stone () A wedge-shaped stone used in an arch; a voussoir.
Wedge-shell :: Wedge-shell (n.) Any one of numerous species of small marine bivalves belonging to Donax and allied genera in which the shell is wedge-shaped.
Enter :: Enter (v. t.) To cause to go (into), or to be received (into); to put in; to insert; to cause to be admitted; as, to enter a knife into a piece of wood, a wedge into a log; to enter a boy at college, a horse for a race, etc..
Wedge-shaped :: Wedge-shaped (a.) Broad and truncate at the summit, and tapering down to the base; as, a wedge-shaped leaf..
Embolus :: Embolus (n.) Something inserted, as a wedge; the piston or sucker of a pump or syringe..
Wedge-shaped :: Wedge-shaped (a.) Having the shape of a wedge; cuneiform.
Entrance :: Entrance (n.) The bow, or entire wedgelike forepart of a vessel, below the water line..
Key :: Key (n.) A wedge to unite two or more pieces, or adjust their relative position; a cotter; a forelock..
Cotter :: Cotter (n.) A piece of wood or metal, commonly wedge-shaped, used for fastening together parts of a machine or structure. It is driven into an opening through one or all of the parts. [See Illust.] In the United States a cotter is commonly called a key..
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