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noun
A small anchor used for warping a vessel.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: nautical, transport
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Synonyms: kedge anchor, kedger, killock
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A glutton.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Yorkshire
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To warp (a vessel) by carrying out a kedge in a boat, dropping it overboard, and hauling the vessel up to it.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To move with the help of a kedge, as described above.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Perhaps an alteration of cadge.
Across languages
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
