KEDGE
\kˈɛd͡ʒ], \kˈɛdʒ], \k_ˈɛ_dʒ]\
Definitions of KEDGE
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By Oddity Software
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A small anchor for keeping a ship steady and for warping the ship.
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To move by means of a kedge, to warp.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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A small anchor to keep a ship steady and for warping her.
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To warp, as a ship; to move by means of a kedge.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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A small anchor used to keep a ship steady in a harbour or river, particularly at the time of the tide, or to remove her from one part to another.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. A small anchor used to keep a ship steady when riding in a harbour or river, and particularly at the turn of the tide to keep her clear of her bower anchor ; - also used to move a ship from one place to another in shallow water, being carried out by a boat, and dropped with a cable attached, by hauling on which the ship is warped or kedged to the desired station.
