kedge

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• Kedge

  ·vt A small anchor used whenever a large one can be dispensed witch. ·see Kedge, ·vt, and Anchor, ·n...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• kedge

  Brisk; in good health and spirits. Ex. 'How do you do to-day?' I am pretty kedge. It is used only in...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• kedge

  ,or kedger. A small anchor used to keep a ship steady and clear from her bower-anchor while she ri...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• kedge-rope

  The rope which belongs to the kedge-anchor, and restrains the vessel from driving over her bower-anc...

  The Sailor's Word-Book