Emily Dickinson Lexicon

WEDGE, v.t.

1. To cleave with a wedge; to rive. [Little used.]
2. To drive as a wedge is driven; to crowd or compress closely. We were wedged in by the crowd.
3. To force, as a wedge forces its way; as, to wedge one's way. – Milton.
4. To fasten with a wedge or with wedges; as, to wedge on a sythe; to wedge in a rail or a piece of timber.
5. To fix in the manner of a wedge. Wedg'd in the rocky shoals, and sticking fast. – Dryden.