Edged

Examples

• Holmes edged his way round the wall and flinging the shutters together, he bolted them securely. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• The double-edged question was yours. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• It's wrote on gilt-edged paper,' said Sam, as he unfolded it, 'and sealed in bronze vax vith the top of a door key. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• At this little expression of opinion, Mr. Jinks smiled again--rather more feebly than before--and edged himself, by degrees, back into his own corner. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• The photograph becomes a double-edged weapon now. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Another feature of the lock is the thin, flat keys with bevel-edged notchings, or with longitudinal sinuous corrugations to fit a narrow slit of a cylinder lock. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• In his girdle he wore a long and double-edged dagger, which was the only offensive weapon about his person. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• After all, important fresh evidence is a two-edged thing, and may possibly cut in a very different direction to that which Lestrade imagines. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• They are square-topped, and are edged with translucent, hardish tissue, as if for crushing food. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• It is bright, keen-edged, finely tapered; it is dangerous-looking. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• I went out of my senses immediately; became a mere driveller next day, on receipt of a little lace-edged sheet of note-paper, 'Favoured by papa. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Then a sudden sharp, white-edged wrath came up in him. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Before this leather can be cut into sole leather it has to be again dried and properly edged to secure the best results. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Again I ran, and again returned, bearing an immense mantle lined and edged with fur. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• I am sorry to give you such a two-edged thing, but I can't say what turn things are going to take. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• The tail has a terminal dark bar, with the outer feathers externally edged at the base with white. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• She took up the black-edged missive, and having read it, she jumped up from the chair, crying Hurray! William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• I then put into the hive, instead of a thick, rectangular piece of wax, a thin and narrow, knife-edged ridge, coloured with vermilion. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• It was with such a furnace probably that India produced her keen-edged weapons that would cut a web of gossamer, and Damascus its flashing blades--the synonym of elastic strength. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• But Dora edged away like a tiny Dryad that will not be touched. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• A spiky green plant filled each pot, and below the verandah ran a wide border of blue hydrangeas edged with more red geraniums. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• He never liked to see me mend pens; my knife was always dull-edged--my hand, too, was unskilful; I hacked and chipped. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.

Typist: Lucas