I
n.
margin, border
( also fig .)
1) a cutting; jagged, ragged ~
2) at, on an ~ (she stood at the ~ of the crater)
advantage
( colloq. ) ( esp. AE )
3) an ~ on (to gain a competitive ~ on smb.)
misc.
4) to take the ~ off one's appetite ('to satisfy one's appetite partially'); to be on ~ ('to be tense')
II
v. ( P ; intr. , tr. ) to ~ one's way through a crowd