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• WEDGE (O. Eng. wecg, a mass of metal, cognate with Dutch wig, wigge, Dan. vaegge, &c.; in Lith. the cognate form outside Teut. is found in wagis, a peg, spigot; there is no connexion with " weigh," " weight," which must be referred to the root wegh, to li

WEDGE (O. Eng. wecg, a See also:

• MASS (O.E. maesse; Fr. messe; Ger. Messe; Ital. messa; from eccl. Lat. missa)
• MASS, IN

mass of See also:

• METAL
• METAL (through Fr. from Lat. metallum, mine, quarry, adapted from Gr. µATaXAov, in the same sense, probably connected with ,ueraAAdv, to search after, explore, µeTa, after, aAAos, other)

metal, cognate with Dutch See also:

• WIG (short for " periwig," an alternative form of " peruke," Fr. perruque; cf. Span. peluca; conjecturally derived from Lat. pilus)

wig, wigge, See also:

• DAN

Dan. vaegge, &c.; in Lith. the cognate See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form outside Teut. is found in wagis, a peg, spigot; there is no connexion with " weigh," " See also:

• WEIGHT

weight," which must be referred to the See also:

• ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
• ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )

root wegh, to li  ft, carry, draw, cf . See also:

• LAT

Lat. vehere, whence " vehicle," &c.), a piece of See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

wood or See also:

• METAL
• METAL (through Fr. from Lat. metallum, mine, quarry, adapted from Gr. µATaXAov, in the same sense, probably connected with ,ueraAAdv, to search after, explore, µeTa, after, aAAos, other)

metal, broad and thick at one end, and inclined to a thin edge or point at the other, used as a means for splitting wood, rocks, &c., of keeping two closely pressing surfaces apart, or generally for exerting pressure in a confined space . The " See also:

• WEDGE (O. Eng. wecg, a mass of metal, cognate with Dutch wig, wigge, Dan. vaegge, &c.; in Lith. the cognate form outside Teut. is found in wagis, a peg, spigot; there is no connexion with " weigh," " weight," which must be referred to the root wegh, to li

wedge " has sometimes been classed as one of the See also:

• SIMPLE

simple See also:

• MECHANICAL

mechanical See also:

• POWERS, HIRAM (1805-1873)

powers, but it is properly only an application of the inclined See also:

• PLANE

plane . In See also:

• METEOROLOGY (Gr. JerEwpa, and hb'yos, i.e. the science of things in the air)

meteorology, the See also:

• TERM

term " wedge " is used of a narrow See also:

• AREA

area of high pressure between two adjacent cyclonic systems, which takes the See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of a wedge or See also:

• TONGUE (O. Eng. lunge)

tongue, as do the isobars representing it on a See also:

• WEATHER (O. Eng. weder; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Du. weder, Dan. veir, Icel. ve8r, and Ger. Wetter and Gewitter, storm; the root is wa- to blow, from which is derived " wind ")

weather-See also:

• CHART (from Lat. carta, charta, a map)

chart . A wedge moves along between the See also:

• REAR

rear of a retreating See also:

• CYCLONE (Gr. KVKAwv, whirling, from KbK)^os, a circle)

cyclone and the front of one advancing, and may be regarded as a See also:

• PROJECTION

projection from an anticyclonic See also:

• SYSTEM

system lying to one See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side of the course of the cyclones . As the See also:

• CREST
• CREST (Lat. crista, a plume or tuft)

crest of the wedge (i.e. the See also:

• LINE

line of highest pressure) passes over any point the See also:

• WIND
• WIND (a common Teut. word, cognate with Skt. vats, Lat. ventus, cf. " weather," to be of course distinguished from to " wind," to coil or twist, O.Eng. windan, cf. "wander," "wend," &c.)

wind there changes suddenly from one direction almost to the opposite, while the clearing weather of the retreating cyclone and the temporary See also:

• FINE

fine weather after its passing are quickly succeeded by a break indicating the approach of the following cyclone .