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▪ I. ˈfeather-ˈedge, n.
[f. as prec. + edge.]
The fine edge of a board, etc. that thins off to one side, so as to resemble a wedge in section.
1785Roy in Phil. Trans. LXXV. 396 A line..being brought to coincide with the feather edge.
attrib.1616MS. Acc. St. John's Hosp., Canterb., For saing of fetheredg bourd. 1703T. N. City & C. Purchaser 40 Feather-edge..a sort of Bricks..thinner at one edge, than they are at the other. 1703Moxon Mech. Exerc. 160 Feather⁓edge, Boards, or Planks, that have one edge thinner than another are called Feather-edge stuff. 1874Knight Dict. Mech., Feather-edge File, a file with an acute edge. 1883Hendon Times 5 May 5/2 Quantity of shop-shutters, feather⁓edge boards, cupboard fronts.
▪ II. ˈfeather-ˈedge, v.
[f. prec. n.]
trans. To cut to a feather-edge, produce a thin edge upon. Also transf. to turn (oneself) sideways.
1799J. Wilson Mission. Voy. S. Seas p. xlix, The planks being feather-edged, and lapped over. 1800Herschel in Phil. Trans. XC. 306 The slip of wood at their back..was feather-edged towards the stove. 1854Thoreau Walden i. 49 The boards were carefully feather-edged and lapped. 1890W. C. Russell Ocean Trag. II. xxiv. 249 Tell your mad relative to feather-edge himself. He is all front. |