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Webster 1913 Edition

Kedge

Kedge

(kĕj)
,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Kedged
(kĕjd)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Kedging
.]
[Cf. dial. Sw.
keka
to tug, to drag one’s self slowly forward; or perh. fr.
ked
, and
kedge
,
Noun.
, for
keg anchor
, named from the
keg
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.

Kedge

,
Noun.
[See
Kedge
,
Verb.
T.
]
(Naut.)
A small anchor used whenever a large one can be dispensed with. See
Kedge
,
Verb.
T.
, and
Anchor
,
Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition

Kedge

KEDGE

,
Noun.
[allied probably to cag and keg.] A small anchor, used to keep a ship steady when riding in a harbor or river, and particularly at the turn of the tide, to keep her clear of her bower anchor, also to remove her from one part of a harbor to another, being carried out in a boat and let go, as in warping or kedging. [Sometimes written kedger.]

KEDGE

,
Verb.
T.
To warp, as a ship; to move by means of a kedge, as in a river.

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