unˈedge, v.
[un-2 4.]
trans. To take the edge off; to blunt. Also fig.
| a 1614 Fletcher Valentinian i. iii, Here our weapons And bodies..Are both unedg'd and old with ease and women. 1638 Mayne Lucian (1664) 71 Least despaire should lessen their flame, or unedge their desires. 1718 D'Urfey Grecian Heroine v. i, About good Kings, I grant there is a..sacred Virtue That would unedge the Sword of Treachery. 1893 F. Thompson Poems 37 It seemed corrival of the world's great prime, Made to un-edge the scythe of Time. |