'To edge down' definitions:
Definition of 'To edge down'
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- Edge \Edge\, v. i.
- 1. To move sideways; to move gradually; as, edge along this way. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To sail close to the wind. [1913 Webster]
- I must edge up on a point of wind. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- To edge away or To edge off (Naut.), to increase the distance gradually from the shore, vessel, or other object.
- To edge down (Naut.), to approach by slow degrees, as when a sailing vessel approaches an object in an oblique direction from the windward.
- To edge in, to get in edgewise; to get in by degrees.
- To edge in with, as with a coast or vessel (Naut.), to advance gradually, but not directly, toward it. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'To edge down'
- Edge,
- Edged,
- Edging,
- Edgingly,
- To be on edge,
- To edge in,
- To edge in with,
- To edge off,
- edge in,
- edge up,
- on edge,
- Advancing edge,
- Deckle edge,
- Edge Hill,
- Edge joint,
- Edge mill,
- Edge molding,
- Edge of regression,
- Edge plane,
- Edge play,
- Edge rail,
- Edge railway,
- Edge stone,
- Edge tool,
- Edging machine,
- Entering edge,
- Entrant edge,
- Fiducial edge,
- Following edge,
- Fore edge,
- Gilt Edge,
- Hamburg edging,
- Leading edge,
- Pearl edge,
- River Edge,
- To edge away,
- To turn the edge of,
- Tooth edge,
- Trailing edge,
- Vandyke edge,
- Wire edge,
- cuspidal edge,
- cutting edge,
- double edged,
- gilt edged,
- knife edge,
- razor edge,
- take the edge off,
- Edge Hill, GA,
- Feather-edge,
- Feather-edged,
- Gilt Edge, TN,
- Gilt-edge,
- Gilt-edged,
- Knife-edge,
- Marble-edged,
- River Edge, NJ,
- To set the teeth on edge,
- Two-edged,
- cutting-edge,
- deckle-edged,
- double-edged,
- razor-edged,
- sawtoothed-edged,
- spiny-edged,
- white-edged,
- Knife-edge file,
- prickly-edged leaf,
- deckled deckle-edged featheredged