border effect noun (image technol)

A faint dark line on the denser side of a boundary between a lightly exposed and a heavily exposed region on a developed emulsion (also edge effect or fringe effect)

bordˈerland noun

1. A border region
2. The undefined margin between two things (also adjective)

Border Leicester noun

A sheep of a breed developed by crossbreeding Leicesters and Cheviots

bordˈerline adjective

Marginal, doubtfully or just coming within the definition of a quality, condition, etc (also noun)

borderline personality disorder noun (psychiatry)

A mental illness characterized by instability of mood and behaviour, problems with relationships and self-image, and sometimes dissociation and paranoia

Border terrier noun

A small rough-haired terrier, orig from the Borders

edge /ej/

noun

1. The border of anything
2. A rim
3. The brink
4. The intersection of the faces of a solid figure
5. A ridge or crest
6. The cutting side of an instrument
7. Something that wounds or cuts
8. Keenness
9. Incisiveness or trenchancy
10. Sharpness of mind or appetite
11. Bitterness
12. Irritability
13. Advantage (informal)

transitive verb

1. To put an edge or border on or round
2. To border, form or be a border for
3. To egg or urge on (archaic)
4. To move or push gradually, esp sideways or edgeways
5. To trim the edge of
6. To sharpen
7. To give a sharp quality to
8. To strike with the edge of the bat (cricket)

intransitive verb

1. To move sideways
2. To move gradually

edged adjective

Having an edge or edges

combining form

Denoting having an edge or edges of the stated kind or number, as in sharp-edged, double-edged

edgeˈless adjective

1. Without an edge
2. Blunt

edgˈer noun

1. Someone or something that edges
2. A garden tool for trimming the edge of a lawn

edgeˈways or edgeˈwise adverb

1. With edge foremost or uppermost
2. In the direction of the edge
3. Sideways

edgˈily adverb

edgˈiness noun

1. Angularity or over-sharpness of outline
2. The state of being on edge

edgˈing noun

1. Any border eg round a garment, flower-bed, etc
2. (a strip of) material, eg lace, for using as a trimming around the edge
3. The act of making an edge

adjective

Used for making an edge

edgˈy adjective

1. With edges
2. Sharp or hard in outline
3. Irritable, on edge
4. Emotionally intense

edge coal noun

A steeply dipping coal seam

edge effect noun (image technol) see border effect under border

edge rail noun

A rail of a form in which the carriage-wheels roll on its edges, being held there by flanges

edge tool or edged tool noun

A tool with a sharp edge

edge in a word or get a word in edgeways

To get a word in with difficulty

edge out

1. To remove or get rid of gradually
2. To defeat by a small margin

go or be over the edge (informal)

1. To go or have gone beyond what can be endured
2. To have or have had a nervous breakdown

have the or an edge on, over or against

1. To have the advantage, or an advantage, over
2. To be better than

inside or outside edge

1. A skating movement on the inner or outer edge of the skate
2. A deflection from the inner or outer extremity of the bat (cricket)

on edge

1. In a state of expectant irritability
2. Nervous or tense with anticipation

on the edge of one's seat

In a state of eager anticipation

play with edge tools

To deal carelessly with dangerous matters

set on edge

To excite

set someone's teeth on edge

1. To set up a disagreeable sensation in the teeth and mouth, as sour fruit does
2. To cause to wince, irritate acutely
3. Formerly, to make eager or stimulate desire

take the edge off

1. To make less unpleasant or difficult
2. To weaken or diminish