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edge tool

noun

Etymology

From Middle English egge tool.

  1. derived from egge tool

Definitions

  1. A tool or weapon with a sharpened edge or blade.

    • 1577, Holinshed’s Chronicles, London: John Hunne, Volume 2, “Of the Marueyles of Englande,” Chapter 18, There is a Well […] in Wales, which is sayde to double or trible, the force of any edge toole that is quenched in the same.
    • Your hard usage has sharpen’d your Nephew’s wits, therefore beware, don’t play with edge-tools—you’ll only cut your fingers.

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