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.