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.

To cut, as clay, into wedgelike masses, and work by
dashing together, in order to expel air bubbles, etc.

To cleave or separate with a wedge or wedges, or as with
a wedge; to rive.

To press closely; to fix, or make fast, in the manner of
a wedge that is driven into something.

To force or drive as a wedge is driven.

The person whose name stands lowest on the list of the
classical tripos; – so called after a person (Wedgewood) who occupied
this position on the first list of 1828.

A mass of metal, especially when of a wedgelike form.

A solid of five sides, having a rectangular base, two
rectangular or trapezoidal sides meeting in an edge, and two triangular
ends.

Anything in the form of a wedge, as a body of troops drawn
up in such a form.

To force by crowding and pushing as a wedge does; as, to
wedge one’s way.