Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A strong vehicle with low runners or low wheels; or one without wheels or runners, made of plank slightly turned up at one end, used for transporting loads upon the snow, ice, or bare ground; a sled. 2. (n.) A hurdle on which, formerly, traitors were drawn to the place of execution. 3. (n.) A sleigh. 4. (n.) A game at cards; -- called also old sledge, and all fours. 5. (v. i. & t.) To travel or convey in a sledge or sledges. 6. (n.) A large, heavy hammer, usually wielded with both hands; -- called also sledge hammer.

Multi-Version Concordance Sledge (3 Occurrences) Job 41:30 His undersides are like sharp potsherds, leaving a trail in the mud like a threshing sledge. (WEB JPS DBY NAS RSV NIV) Isaiah 28:27 For the fitches are not threshed with a sharp threshing instrument, neither is a cart wheel turned about upon the cummin; but the fitches are beaten out with a staff, and the cummin with a rod. (See JPS NAS RSV NIV) Isaiah 41:15 Behold, I have made thee to be a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth; thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff. (See JPS NAS RSV NIV)