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Definition of Double-edged
1. Adjective. Capable of being interpreted in two usually contradictory ways. "Double-edged praise"
Definition of Double-edged
1. Adjective. (not comparable) Describing a blade, such as a sword or knife, that is sharp on both edges. ¹
2. Adjective. (comparable figuratively) Describing something that is as dangerous for the user as the one it is used on. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Double-edged
Literary usage of Double-edged
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. How to Work with the Microscope by Lionel Smith Beale (1880)
"double-edged Scalpel*.—For cutting thin sections, a knife of the form of a lancet,
... The double-edged scalpel should be very thin, pi. XVIII, p. 8. ..."
2. Ilios: The City and Country of the Trojans: the Results of Researches and by Heinrich Schliemann (1880)
"I found two double-edged bronze hatchets of a perfectly identical shape at
Mycenae.10 A similar double- edged axe of copper was found in Hungary.1 These ..."
3. Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, Commercial, Industrial by Edward Balfour (1871)
"... like tie Amant Ferrara, is not uncommon ; nor the А'Ал»-:.-, or double-edged
sword. ... nnd had Gibbon witnessed the worship of the double-edged sword ..."
4. The Principles and Practice of Surgery by John Ashhurst (1893)
"... which ¡ire adapted fur either the circular or the flap operation, have a sharp
point, and are usually double-edged for an inch or two at the extremity. ..."
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