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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- kedge (n.)
To move (a vessel) by carrying out a kedge in a boat, dropping it overboard, and hauling the vessel up to it. - kedge (v. t.)
A small anchor used whenever a large one can be dispensed witch. See Kedge, v. t., and Anchor, n.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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kedge
kej, n. a small anchor for keeping a ship steady, and for warping the ship.—v.t. to move by means of a kedge, to warp.—n. Kedg′er, a kedge. [Scand.; cf. Sw. prov. keka, to drive slowly.] -
kedge
kej, adj. (prov.) brisk, lively: pot-bellied.—Also Kedg′y, Kidge
Marine DictionaryUniversal Dictionary of the Marine ⚓️
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kedge
ancre de touei, a small anchor, used to keep a ship steddy whilst she rides in a harbour or river, particularly at the turn of the tide, when she might otherwise drive over her principal anchor, and entangle the stock or flukes with her slack cable, so as to loosen it from the ground. This is accordingly prevented by a kedge-rope, that restrains her from approaching it.The kedges are also particularly useful in transporting a ship, i. e. removing her from one part of the harbour to another, by means of ropes, which are fastened to these anchors. They are generally furnished with an iron stock, which is easily displaced, for the convenience of stowing them. See the articles ANCHOR and WARP.
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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kedge
A small anchor used to keep a ship steady and clear from her bower-anchor while she rides in harbour, particularly at the turn of the tide. The kedge-anchors are also used to warp a ship from one part of a harbour to another. They are generally furnished with an iron stock, which is easily displaced for the convenience of stowing. The old English word kedge signified brisk, and they are generally run in to a quick step. (See ANCHOR, WARP.)--To kedge. To warp a ship ahead, though the tide be contrary, by means of the kedge-anchor and hawser.
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