Definitions

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Having only one sharp edge; single-edged; -- of cutting instruments, mostly swords and razor blades. Opposed to double-edged.

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Examples

  • The shape is a true Mobius strip but one section is stretched and shaped so you can have a one-edged one-sided surface that can contain things!

    Archive 2007-09-01 MadeleineS 2007

  • The shape is a true Mobius strip but one section is stretched and shaped so you can have a one-edged one-sided surface that can contain things!

    Marvellous Mobius Baskets MadeleineS 2007

  • Internationally renowned for his granite sculptures, Mr. Keizo is influenced by the mathematics of the Mobius strip, a one-edged geometric surface with only one continuous side.

    Sea, Sand, Sculpture 2008

  • [63] A stout work-knife, with broad, one-edged blade, and square tip; used to hew down trees, and cut kindling-wood.

    Philippine Folk-Tales Fletcher Gardner

  • [39] A long, one-edged sword that hangs at the left side, in an elaborate scabbard, when a man is in full-dress.

    Philippine Folk-Tales Fletcher Gardner

  • At the initiation of women a one-edged dagger is used, but this is seldom done.

    The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) Robert Vane Russell 1894

  • The blade is scimitar-shaped, is one-edged, and has a groove at the back.

    Vanishing England 1892

  • A large gold-hilted one-edged sword had the youth upon his thigh, in a scabbard of light blue, and tipped with Spanish laton.

    The Mabinogion Vol. 1 (of 3) Owen Morgan Edwards 1889

  • It was a straight, one-edged blade, with a sharp point, and a brass basket hilt, and he remarked:

    Ahead of the Army William Osborn Stoddard 1880

  • This and other one-edged stitches of the kind are sometimes called "blanket-stitch."

    Art in Needlework A Book about Embroidery Mary Buckle 1877

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