wedgyadj.
/ˈwɛdʒi/ rare.
Resembling a wedge; shaped like a wedge.
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wedged1552
cuneal1578
wedge-like1594
coin-formed1600
cuneiform1677
feather-edged1703
cuneated1727
wedge-shaped1790
wedgy1799
cuneate1810
wedge-form1822
wedge-formed1822
1799 W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. 28 525 An attraction of cohesion..which is darting its wedgy crystals in every direction, and severing, with resistless interstitial force, the comparatively loose and feeble organization of every contiguous state.
1846 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. in Wks. II. 31/2 He..pushed his wedgy snout far within the straw subjacent.
1888 J. Inglis Tent Life Tigerland 296 She shoots from aloft and cleaves the water with her wedgy beak.
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