disedge — ozdic

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2

ADJ.

little

DISEDGE + NOUN

sharpness

Definitions

verb

1

To deprive (something) of an edge; to render blunt; to blunt or dull.

[T]he pain she had / To keep them in the wild ways of the wood, / Two sets of three laden with jingling arms, / Together, served a little to disedge / The sharpness of that pain about her heart: […]

2

To take the edge off (someone's) hunger; to satiate.

I grieve myself / To think, when thou shalt be disedged by her / That now thou tirest on, how thy memory / Will then be pang'd by me.

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[T]he pain she had / To keep them in the wild ways of the wood, / Two sets of three laden with jingling arms, / Together, served a little to disedge / The sharpness of that pain about her heart: […]

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02

I grieve myself / To think, when thou shalt be disedged by her / That now thou tirest on, how thy memory / Will then be pang'd by me.

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Usage Notes

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