kedge
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kedge
- /kɛd͡ʒ/ UK, US
Rhymes with -ɛdʒ
Where it comes from
Perhaps an alteration of cadge.
noun kedges
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A small anchor used for warping a vessel.
...and throw them into the boat, which, as there are no wharves, we usually kept anchored by a small kedge, or keelek, just outside of the surf.
Similar: kedge anchor, kedger, killock
- A glutton.
verb kedges · kedging · kedged
- To warp (a vessel) by carrying out a kedge in a boat, dropping it overboard, and hauling the vessel up to it.
- To move with the help of a kedge, as described above. […] there was a stretch of twelve miles of channel running in a north-easterly direction which the ship could not possibly negotiate under sail unless a change of wind should occur — of which there seemed to be absolutely no prospect. The only alternative, therefore, would be to kedge those twelve m
Translations
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noun small anchor
| Español | anclote |
|---|---|
| Français | ancre à jet |
| Deutsch | Wurfanker |
| Italiano | appennello, ancorotto |
| Ελληνικά | ισχάδα ischáda, πινέλι pinéli |
| עברית | עגן נגידה |
verb transitive
| Français | touer |
|---|---|
| Italiano | appennellare |
verb intransitive
| Français | se touer |
|---|
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title = {kedge},
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