kedge

Example Sentences

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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

The master would not attempt to beat out through the gap in the reef, as his knowledge of the passage was none too good, neither could we kedge nor tow the Gannet against the wind.

From A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)

"Get out a kedge; we'll try to warp her off when the tide comes in."

From The Sea Bride by Williams, Ben Ames

It was not long, however, before the enemy discovered the trick the Yankee was playing, and began also to kedge.

From The Second War with England, Vol. 1 of 2 by Headley, Joel Tyler