kedge
Americanverb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
noun
verb
noun
Etymology
Origin of kedge
1475–85; akin to Middle English caggen to fasten; cadge 1
Example Sentences
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The Admiral trimmed ship and hauled himself off the reef with his kedge, and stood off majestically down the corridors of the Senate Office Building.
From Time Magazine Archive
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He dropped a kedge at the caucus room door, and rode up into the eye of a gentle breeze, and backed his mainsail.
From Time Magazine Archive
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He then took all the rope he could spare and run a kedge out nearly a half a mile ahead and dropped it.
From The Second War with England, Vol. 1 of 2 by Headley, Joel Tyler
Getting out the mildewed chart, he laid off his course, carefully trimmed and lighted the binnacle lamp, and going up on deck hauled in the kedge anchor.
From The Protector by Bindloss, Harold
They had moored the craft carefully, but he supposed she must have dragged her anchor or kedge and swung in near enough the shore to ground towards low-tide.
From The Protector by Bindloss, Harold
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