Hypertext Webster Gateway: "kedge"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Kedge \Kedge\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Kedged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Kedging}.] [Cf. dial. Sw. keka to tug, to drag one's self
slowly forward; or perh. fr. ked, and kedge, n., for ked
anchor, named from the ked or cask fastened to the anchor to
show where it lies.] (Naut.)
To move (a vessel) by carrying out a kedge in a boat,
dropping it overboard, and hauling the vessel up to it.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Kedge \Kedge\, n. [See {Kedge}, v. t.] (Naut.)
A small anchor used whenever a large one can be dispensed
witch. See {Kedge}, v. t., and {Anchor}, n.
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