wire edgen.

Brit.

/ˌwʌɪər ˈɛdʒ/, U.S.

/ˈwaɪ(ə)r ˈɛdʒ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: wire n.¹, edge n.

Etymology: < wire n.¹ + edge n.

Now chiefly North American.

1. A fine strip of metal produced on the edge of the blade of a knife or cutting tool by grinding or honing, which must be removed before the tool can be used.

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the world > space > shape > bluntness > [noun] > blunt edge made by faulty sharpening

wire1698

wire edge1702

1702 A. Boyer Dict. Royal II. Edge, the rough Edge, Wire Edge, or Thread of a Knife, Razor, &c. Morfil.

1799 J. Wilkes Art of making Pens (ed. 2) 16 Great care should be taken not to give the Knife a wire edge.

1846 C. Holtzapffel Turning & Mech. Manip. II. 496 Lastly, the flat face of the [plane-]iron is laid quite flat on the oilstone, to remove the wire edge.

1971 Tools & their Uses (U.S. Navy Bureau of Naval Personnel) (1973) i. 56 After a few strokes, a burr, wire edge, or feather edge is produced.

2002 Wood Carving Illustr. Summer 47/1 When tuning up a bevel on a sharpening stone, steel gets pushed up from the cutting edge without separating from the blade. The result is a wire edge or ‘burr’.

2. figurative and in figurative contexts. Chiefly in to wear (also take) the wire edge off.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > cutting tool > [noun] > cutting part of > blade or edge of > strip caused by faulty sharpening

wire edge1807

1807 H. H. Brackenridge Mod. Chivalry II. iv. 21 In the course of mixing with good company, the wire edge of art would wear off, and an ease of demeanor be attained.

1836 Maine Monthly Mag. Nov. 233 We had hardly any thing to take the wire-edge off our appetite.

1847 O. A. Brownson Two Brothers in Wks. VI. 246 Time had hardly worn off the wire-edge of his grief.

1911 E. F. Ware Indian War 1864 (1994) xxvii. 271 I made him go his best. This took the wire edge off of him, and for the balance of the trip he went along like a good, sensible horse.

1958 Amer. Speech 33 271 Roughed out, of a horse, ridden a time or two, but still liable to buck a little. Such an animal is also said to have had ‘the wire edge taken off’.

1997 Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Nexis) 29 July 7 One of the givens about military service is the sudden and unexpected appearance of humor, which often takes the ‘wire edge’ off the situation, or the day.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	wire edge
释义	wire edgen. Brit. /ˌwʌɪər ˈɛdʒ/, U.S. /ˈwaɪ(ə)r ˈɛdʒ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: wire n.¹, edge n. Etymology: < wire n.¹ + edge n. Now chiefly North American. 1. A fine strip of metal produced on the edge of the blade of a knife or cutting tool by grinding or honing, which must be removed before the tool can be used. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > bluntness > [noun] > blunt edge made by faulty sharpening wire1698 wire edge1702 1702 A. Boyer Dict. Royal II. Edge, the rough Edge, Wire Edge, or Thread of a Knife, Razor, &c. Morfil. 1799 J. Wilkes Art of making Pens (ed. 2) 16 Great care should be taken not to give the Knife a wire edge. 1846 C. Holtzapffel Turning & Mech. Manip. II. 496 Lastly, the flat face of the [plane-]iron is laid quite flat on the oilstone, to remove the wire edge. 1971 Tools & their Uses (U.S. Navy Bureau of Naval Personnel) (1973) i. 56 After a few strokes, a burr, wire edge, or feather edge is produced. 2002 Wood Carving Illustr. Summer 47/1 When tuning up a bevel on a sharpening stone, steel gets pushed up from the cutting edge without separating from the blade. The result is a wire edge or ‘burr’. 2. figurative and in figurative contexts. Chiefly in to wear (also take) the wire edge off. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > cutting tool > [noun] > cutting part of > blade or edge of > strip caused by faulty sharpening wire edge1807 1807 H. H. Brackenridge Mod. Chivalry II. iv. 21 In the course of mixing with good company, the wire edge of art would wear off, and an ease of demeanor be attained. 1836 Maine Monthly Mag. Nov. 233 We had hardly any thing to take the wire-edge off our appetite. 1847 O. A. Brownson Two Brothers in Wks. VI. 246 Time had hardly worn off the wire-edge of his grief. 1911 E. F. Ware Indian War 1864 (1994) xxvii. 271 I made him go his best. This took the wire edge off of him, and for the balance of the trip he went along like a good, sensible horse. 1958 Amer. Speech 33 271 Roughed out, of a horse, ridden a time or two, but still liable to buck a little. Such an animal is also said to have had ‘the wire edge taken off’. 1997 Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Nexis) 29 July 7 One of the givens about military service is the sudden and unexpected appearance of humor, which often takes the ‘wire edge’ off the situation, or the day. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1702
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