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wedge-like, a.|ˈwɛdʒlaɪk|
[f. wedge n. + -like.]
Like or resembling a wedge.
1594T. B. La Primaud. Fr. Acad. ii. 48 There are commonly sixe bones, which compasse the braine on eche side, besides that which is called the wedge-like bone, which is vnder the pallat of the mouth. 1610Holland Camden's Brit. i. 456 The Wedge-like-forme of the country. 1652Benlowes Theophila x. xci, But still thy knotty Brain with wedg-like Anguish cleave. 1774Goldsm. Nat. Hist. VI. 239 Of these [teeth] there are six rows,..sharp-pointed, and of a wedge-like figure. 1840Civil Engin. & Arch. Jrnl. III. 125/1 They are farther secured by a wedgelike pin driven into their centres. 1899Allbutt's Syst. Med. VIII. 598 Diminished by degrees into mere wedge-like streaks. |