EDGE (2)

edge (2). Edge, v. to sharpen, provoke, border, move

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Edge (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Edged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Edging.] 1. 1. To furnish with an edge as a tool or weapon; to sharpen.
To edge her champion's sword. Dryden. 2. 2. To shape or dress the edge of, as with a tool.
3. 3. To furnish with a fringe or border; as, to edge a dress; to edge a garden with box.
Hills whose tops were edged with groves. Pope. 4. 4. To make sharp or keen, figuratively; to incite; to exasperate; to goad; to urge or egg on.
By such reasonings, the simple were blinded, and the malicious edged. Hayward. 5. 5. To move little by little or cautiously, as by pressing forward edgewise; as, edging their chairs forwards. Locke.