(also, _, figuratively) The thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument, such as an ax, knife, sword, or scythe; that which cuts as an edge does, or wounds deeply, etc.
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No, 'tis slander; / Whose edge is sharper than the sword;
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1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iv], line 1818:
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And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things saith he which hath the sharp sword with two edges:
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1833, Adam Clarke (editor), Revelations, II, 12, The New Testament, page 929: