WEDGE (2)

wedge (2). Wedge, v.t. to fasten or cleave with wedges

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Wedge, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wedged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Wedging.] 1. 1. To cleave or separate with a wedge or wedges, or as with a wedge; to rive. “My heart, as wedged with a sigh, would rive in twain.” Shak.
2. 2. To force or drive as a wedge is driven.
Among the crowd in the abbey where a finger Could not be wedged in more. Shak. He 's just the sort of man to wedge himself into a snug berth. Mrs. J. H. Ewing. 3. 3. To force by crowding and pushing as a wedge does; as, to wedge one's way. Milton.
4. 4. To press closely; to fix, or make fast, in the manner of a wedge that is driven into something.
Wedged in the rocky shoals, and sticking fast. Dryden. 5. 5. To fasten with a wedge, or with wedges; as, to wedge a scythe on the snath; to wedge a rail or a piece of timber in its place.
6. 6. (Pottery) To cut, as clay, into wedgelike masses, and work by dashing together, in order to expel air bubbles, etc. Tomlinson.