two-edgedadj.

/ˈtuːɛdʒd/poetic./ˈtuːɛdʒᵻd/

a. Having two edges; esp. of a sword, axe, etc., having two cutting edges, one on each side of the blade. In quot. 1712 applied humorously to a pair of scissors.

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the world > space > shape > sharpness of edge or point > [adjective] > of edge > having sharp edge > two-edged

two-edged1526

ansal?1541

double-edged1552

1526 Bible (Tyndale) Heb. iv. 12 The worde off god is..sharper then eny two edged swearde.

1546 in G. J. Piccope Lancs. & Cheshire Wills (1860) II. 27 My greit twoo edged sword and my lesse tow edged sword.

1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball iv. xxxi. 489 Turner calleth it..Axeworte, bycause Dioscorides saith the seede is lyke a two edged Axe.

1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Een twee-snijdigh swaert, a two-edged sword.

1712 A. Pope Rape of Locke i, in Misc. Poems 361 Clarissa drew..A two-edg'd Weapon from her shining Case.

1776 J. Lee Introd. Bot. (ed. 3) Explan. Terms Anceps, two-edged, flattened with two opposite sides sharp.

1850 W. Irving Mahomet II. xxxviii. 344 Alashtar..wielded a two-edged sword.

1875 A. W. Bennett & W. T. T. Dyer tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. 410 The..apical cell..of Isoëtes lacustris is, according to Hofmeister, two-edged when the stem has two furrows.

b. figurative or in figurative allusion.

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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > equivocal quality, ambiguity > [adjective]

double?c1225

uncertainc1384

equivoquea1450

amphibille?1450

ambiguousc1487

indifferent?1531

forked1551

amphibological1587

equivocal1601

double-meaning1605

left-handed1610

dilogical1616

two-edgeda1625

biviousa1644

equivocating1645

amphibolous1647

yea-and-nay1648

amphibolical1652

bifarious1656

double-handed1661

squibbling1674

ambigual1683

equivocous1701

ambiguea1734

double-edged1791

multivocala1834

grey1835

amphibolic1873

ambivalent1923

a1625 J. Fletcher Humorous Lieut. iii. iv, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Rrr2^v/2 She has two-edg'd eyes, they kill o' both sides.

1661 R. Boyle Some Consider. Style of Script. (1675) 126 I find all these Topicks..such two-edg'd Weapons, that they are as well applicable to the service of Falshood, as of Truth.

1878 R. B. Smith Carthage 82 Elephants were found to be a two-edged weapon which might be fatal to the hand which wielded it.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	two-edged
释义	two-edgedadj. /ˈtuːɛdʒd/poetic./ˈtuːɛdʒᵻd/ a. Having two edges; esp. of a sword, axe, etc., having two cutting edges, one on each side of the blade. In quot. 1712 applied humorously to a pair of scissors. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > sharpness of edge or point > [adjective] > of edge > having sharp edge > two-edged two-edged1526 ansal?1541 double-edged1552 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Heb. iv. 12 The worde off god is..sharper then eny two edged swearde. 1546 in G. J. Piccope Lancs. & Cheshire Wills (1860) II. 27 My greit twoo edged sword and my lesse tow edged sword. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball iv. xxxi. 489 Turner calleth it..Axeworte, bycause Dioscorides saith the seede is lyke a two edged Axe. 1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Een twee-snijdigh swaert, a two-edged sword. 1712 A. Pope Rape of Locke i, in Misc. Poems 361 Clarissa drew..A two-edg'd Weapon from her shining Case. 1776 J. Lee Introd. Bot. (ed. 3) Explan. Terms Anceps, two-edged, flattened with two opposite sides sharp. 1850 W. Irving Mahomet II. xxxviii. 344 Alashtar..wielded a two-edged sword. 1875 A. W. Bennett & W. T. T. Dyer tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. 410 The..apical cell..of Isoëtes lacustris is, according to Hofmeister, two-edged when the stem has two furrows. b. figurative or in figurative allusion. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > equivocal quality, ambiguity > [adjective] double?c1225 uncertainc1384 equivoquea1450 amphibille?1450 ambiguousc1487 indifferent?1531 forked1551 amphibological1587 equivocal1601 double-meaning1605 left-handed1610 dilogical1616 two-edgeda1625 biviousa1644 equivocating1645 amphibolous1647 yea-and-nay1648 amphibolical1652 bifarious1656 double-handed1661 squibbling1674 ambigual1683 equivocous1701 ambiguea1734 double-edged1791 multivocala1834 grey1835 amphibolic1873 ambivalent1923 a1625 J. Fletcher Humorous Lieut. iii. iv, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Rrr2^v/2 She has two-edg'd eyes, they kill o' both sides. 1661 R. Boyle Some Consider. Style of Script. (1675) 126 I find all these Topicks..such two-edg'd Weapons, that they are as well applicable to the service of Falshood, as of Truth. 1878 R. B. Smith Carthage 82 Elephants were found to be a two-edged weapon which might be fatal to the hand which wielded it. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < adj.1526
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