The thin, wire-like thread of metal sometimes formed on the edge of a tool by the stone in sharpening it.

An edge of small loops on the side of some kinds of ribbon. / A narrow kind of thread edging to be sewed on lace.

The rough, untrimmed edge of paper left by a deckle. / A rough edge made to imitate this.

A gambling technique by which a player determines whether a face-down playing card is likely to be low or high, by observing and exploiting subtle unintentional differences on the backs of some types of card, after arranging for the croupier to cooperate by unwittingly sorting the cards into low and high.

Alternative form of bleed edge

(cartography) On maps, where some mapping extends beyond the neatline indicating detail which may be found on adjoining sheets. / (printing) An edge where bleed occurs.

(technology, idiomatic) Of or pertaining to something, such as technology, which is too new and untested to be reliable or to have any assurance of safety; (in a weakened sense) that represents the latest developments in something.

Alternative form of bleeding edge.

plural of edge mill

A mill for crushing or grinding in which stones roll around on their edges on a level circular bed.