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E*den"tate (?), n. (Zoöl.) One of the Edentata.
E*den`ta*ted (?), a. Same as Edentate, a.
E`den*ta"tion (?), n. A depriving of teeth. [R.] Cockeram.
E*den"tu*lous (?; 135), a. [L. edentulus; e out + dens, dentis, tooth.] Toothless.
Edge (j), n. [OE. eg, egge, AS. ecg; akin to OHG. ekka, G. ecke, Icel. & Sw. egg, Dan. eg, and to L. acies, Gr. 'akh` point, Skr. açri edge. √1. Cf. Egg, v. t., Eager, Ear spike of corn, Acute.] 1. The thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument; as, the edge of an ax, knife, sword, or scythe. Hence, figuratively, that which cuts as an edge does, or wounds deeply, etc.
He which hath the sharp sword with two edges.
Rev. ii. 12.
Slander,
Whose edge is sharper than the sword.
Shak.
2. Any sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; extreme verge; as, the edge of a table, a precipice.
Upon the edge of yonder coppice.
Shak.
In worst extremes, and on the perilous edge
Of battle.
Milton.
Pursue even to the very edge of destruction.
Sir W. Scott.