Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In the manner of a wedge.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In the manner of a wedge.
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- adverb In the manner of a
wedge .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Towards these rugged kopjes the veldt sloped gently upwards from the river a distance of five miles, and though from afar this plain seemed to face the ridge of hills spreading from east to west, it in reality penetrated wedgewise into the boulder-strewn area.
South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899 Louis Creswicke
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Inside the town gate they took up close order, wedgewise, linked and riveted; a shield before, shields beside, Richard with his double-axe for the wedge's beak.
The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay Maurice Hewlett 1892
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- devils 'antennae - searched out the crevices where rock-bred mountain-men sought cover; too suddenly for clumsy-fingered Hillmen to reload, the reformed troops charged wedgewise into rallying detachments.
Rung Ho Mundy, Talbot, 1879-1940 1914
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