kedge
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He dropped a kedge at the caucus room door, and rode up into the eye of a gentle breeze, and backed his mainsail.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Admiral trimmed ship and hauled himself off the reef with his kedge, and stood off majestically down the corridors of the Senate Office Building.
From Time Magazine Archive
We had some lunch and then set off again with two boats, another kedge and grass rope, a light cod-line and a large rocket.
From The Cruise of the 'Alerte' The narrative of a search for treasure on the desert island of Trinidad by E. F. (Edward Frederick) Knight
The boat lay riding to her kedge at less than twenty yards from shore.
From The Wireless Officer by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman
The kedge was broken out and stowed, and under oars the repaired craft headed for the open sea, where the dancing ripples betokened the presence of a breeze—and a fair wind at that.
From The Wireless Officer by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman
When one broadside was entirely out of action, he used his cables, kedges and springs, and brought the other batteries to bear.
From Rolf in the Woods by Ernest Thompson Seton
The Constitution kept two kedges going all through that summer day, but the Shannon was playing the same game, and the two ships maintained their relative positions.
From The Fight for a Free Sea: A Chronicle of the War of 1812 The Chronicles of America Series, Volume 17 by Ralph Delahaye Paine
Notwithstanding the facility with which the kedges were got ashore, it took Mark and Bob quite half a day to plant them in the rock precisely where they were wanted.
From The Crater by James Fenimore Cooper
Anchors and cables, hawsers and kedges, were abundantly supplied, because in warping into unknown places, or anchoring hastily, many an anchor is unavoidably broken or lost.
From Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 by Robert Fitzroy
Who cares for round turns in kedges, and for hawsers that are topped too high, Master Cap, so long as the craft sails well, and keeps clear of the Frenchers?
From Pathfinder; or, the inland sea by James Fenimore Cooper
She kedged up toward Norfolk, and when the tide rose ran in and anchored between the forts; and a few days later dropped down to cover the forts which were being built at Craney Island.
From The Naval War of 1812 Or the History of the United States Navy during the Last War with Great Britain to Which Is Appended an Account of the Battle of New Orleans by Theodore Roosevelt
At 7 in the evening the wind almost died out, and for four more weary hours the worn-out sailors towed and kedged.
From The Naval War of 1812 Or the History of the United States Navy during the Last War with Great Britain to Which Is Appended an Account of the Battle of New Orleans by Theodore Roosevelt
The Good Intent can't be towed, not with our handful of men; but why shouldn't she be kedged?
From In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India by Herbert Strang
Then, besides, up there they could see for miles, and Coe had kedged the schooner acrost the fairway so that Afiola might reckonize his relations in the rigging.
From Wild Justice: Stories of the South Seas by Lloyd Osbourne
Under Hayes's direction, at flood-tide, she was then kedged over the reef into the lagoon, and anchored in smooth water.
From Concerning "Bully" Hayes From "The Strange Adventure Of James Shervinton and Other Stories" - 1902 by Louis Becke
From thence, after two days' incessant kedging and towing, we anchored off the town of Kuchin, on the morning of the 8th instant.
From Borneo and the Indian Archipelago with drawings of costume and scenery by Frank Marryat
I presume you are not used to kedging, captain.
From The King's Own by Frederick Marryat
"Nice, healthy exercise, this kedging," remarked Bonny, cheerfully, as he came on board.
From Rick Dale, A Story of the Northwest Coast by Kirk Munroe
Now they pulled the ships by boats and now by kedging.
From Stories of Our Naval Heroes Every Child Can Read by Jesse Lyman Hurlbut
The first, a timber vessel, missing her course a little, went on the beach; but at the next tide, by carrying an anchor into deep water and kedging, she was floated again.
From Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast by Samuel Adams Drake
