Definitions for kedge
kɛdʒkedge

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. kedgenoun

   A small anchor used for warping a vessel (also called kedge anchor).

2. kedgenoun

   A glutton

3. kedgeverb

   To warp (a vessel) by carrying out a kedge in a boat, dropping it overboard, and hauling the vessel up to it.

4. kedgeverb

   To move with the help of a kedge, as described above.

5. Etymology: Perhaps an alteration of cadge.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Kedgeverb

   In bringing a ship up or down a narrow river, when the wind is contrary to the tide, they set the fore-sail, or fore-top-sail and mizzen, and so let her drive with the tide. The sails are to flat her about, if she comes too near the shore. They also carry out an anchor in the head of the boat, with a hawser that comes from the ship; which anchor, if the ship comes too near the shore, they let fall in the stream, and so wind her head about it; then weigh the anchor again when she is about, which is called kedging, and from this use the anchor a kedger. John Harris

   Etymology: kaghe, a small vessel, Dutch.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. kedge

   Warping or kedging is a method of moving a sailing vessel, typically against the wind or out from a dead calm, by hauling on a line attached to a kedge anchor, a sea anchor or a fixed object, such as a bollard. In small boats, the anchor may be thrown in the intended direction of progress and hauled in after it settles, thus pulling the boat in that direction, while larger ships can use a boat to carry the anchor ahead, drop it and then haul.For example, the sloop Adventure under the command of the infamous pirate Blackbeard ran aground attempting to kedge the Queen Anne's Revenge off the bar near Beaufort Inlet, North Carolina in June 1718.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Kedgenoun

   to move (a vessel) by carrying out a kedge in a boat, dropping it overboard, and hauling the vessel up to it

2. Kedgeverb

   a small anchor used whenever a large one can be dispensed witch. See Kedge, v. t., and Anchor, n

3. Etymology: [See Kedge, v. t.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Kedge

   kej, n. a small anchor for keeping a ship steady, and for warping the ship.—v.t. to move by means of a kedge, to warp.—n. Kedg′er, a kedge. [Scand.; cf. Sw. prov. keka, to drive slowly.]

2. Kedge

   kej, adj. (prov.) brisk, lively: pot-bellied.—Also Kedg′y, Kidge.

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. kedge

   A small anchor used to keep a ship steady and clear from her bower-anchor while she rides in harbour, particularly at the turn of the tide. The kedge-anchors are also used to warp a ship from one part of a harbour to another. They are generally furnished with an iron stock, which is easily displaced for the convenience of stowing. The old English word kedge signified brisk, and they are generally run in to a quick step. (See ANCHOR, WARP.)--To kedge. To warp a ship ahead, though the tide be contrary, by means of the kedge-anchor and hawser.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of kedge in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of kedge in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

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References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Kedge
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=kedge
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kedge
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kedge
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=kedge
6. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=kedge