Wedge \Wedge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wedged; p. pr. & vb. n. Wedging.]

1. To cleave or separate with a wedge or wedges, or as with a wedge; to rive. ``My heart, as wedged with a sigh, would rive in twain.'' --Shak.

2. To force or drive as a wedge is driven.

Among the crowd in the abbey where a finger Could not be wedged in more. --Shak.

He 's just the sort of man to wedge himself into a snug berth. --Mrs. J. H. Ewing.

3. To force by crowding and pushing as a wedge does; as, to wedge one's way. --Milton.

4. To press closely; to fix, or make fast, in the manner of a wedge that is driven into something.

Wedged in the rocky shoals, and sticking fast. --Dryden.

5. To fasten with a wedge, or with wedges; as, to wedge a scythe on the snath; to wedge a rail or a piece of timber in its place.

6. (Pottery) To cut, as clay, into wedgelike masses, and work by dashing together, in order to expel air bubbles, etc. --Tomlinson.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)