1. Furnished with a cutting edge; sharpened, trenchant. Also fig. Cf. TWO-EDGED. For edged tool see EDGE-TOOL.
1591. Shaks., 1 Hen. VI., III. iii. 52. O turne thy edged Sword another way.
a. 1593. Marlowe, Dido, IV. i. With the sharpness of my edged sting.
a. 1639. T. Carew, Wks. (1824), 102. Justice hath to the sword of your edg’d eyes His equall balance joyn’d.
1677. Moxon, Mech. Exerc. (1703), 213. Afterwards with edg’d Grooving Tools … they cut down … the Extuberances.
1833. Lardner, Manuf. Metal, II. 2 (Cabinet Cycl.). Nor are the edged stones … so defectively formed … as might be imagined.
2. Having an edge or lateral boundary: only with defining prefix, indicative of color, number, etc.
1776. Withering, Bot. Arrangem. (1796), I. 255. Anthers 3-edged.
1884. Black, Jud. Shaks., vi. The red-edged leaves.
Mod. Black-edged note-paper.
† 3. Having a border (of ornamental work). Obs.
1697. Lond. Gaz., No. 3304/4. A Gold Watch … having an Edged Case.
1722. De Foe, Col. Jack (1840), 80. An edged hat.
1727. Bradley, Fam. Dict., I. s.v. Clear Starching, To order the edged heads; when you find they are clapp’d sufficiently, pin it down to the board.
