double-edged, a.
[f. double edge + -ed, or double adv.]
Having two (cutting) edges; fig. cutting or acting both ways.
| 1552 Huloet, Double edged, anceps. 1687 Dryden Hind & Panth. iii. 192 Your Delphic sword..Is double-edged and cuts on either side. 1745 P. Thomas Jrnl. Anson's Voy. 289 Pikes..headed with a double-edged Iron. 1791 Boswell Johnson I. 454 (Jod.) Strong, pointed, double-edged wit. 1866 J. Martineau Ess. I. 196 The charge..is double-edged, and cuts both ways. |