(transitive) To cut using, or as if using, scissors. / (transitive) To excise or expunge something from a text. / (transitive, obsolete) To reproduce (text) as an excerpt, copy.

past participle of take the edge off

plural of Fe

(transitive) To put in a pillory. / (transitive) To subject to humiliation, scorn, ridicule or abuse. / (transitive) To criticize harshly.