feather-edgedadj.
1. Having one edge thinner than the other, so that the section is wedge-shaped. Also quasi-adv.
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wedged1552
cuneal1578
wedge-like1594
coin-formed1600
cuneiform1677
feather-edged1703
cuneated1727
wedge-shaped1790
wedgy1799
cuneate1810
wedge-form1822
wedge-formed1822
1703 R. Neve City & Countrey Purchaser 131 That thick feather~edg'd-board, generally nail'd round the Eaves of a House.
1712 J. Warder True Amazons 119 Two Boards slit feather edg'd will cover the House.
1785 W. Roy in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 75 396 Two feather-edged pieces of brass.
1807 A. Young Gen. View Agric. Essex I. vii. 198 Mr. Rogers' Norfolk ploughs lay their furrows quite flat; but the Essex ones feather-edged,..is reckoned a perfection.
1821 J. Smyth Pract. of Customs (ed. 2) ii. 282 The officers are to understand that the term feather-edged is applicable to such Slabs only as are rendered feather-edged by the natural convexity of the tree.
1861 J. H. Walsh & J. I. Lupton Horse xxxii. 567 The disadvantages..of the feather-edged shoe.
2. Of ribbons, etc.: Having a tufted edge.
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