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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

"Since I can't kedge her with this breeze, I'll take a line ashore and warp her in," he said.

From Thrice Armed by Harold Bindloss

The boat lay riding to her kedge at less than twenty yards from shore.

From The Wireless Officer by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman

When it had drifted us as far to the northward as I desired to go, I was obliged to let go a kedge in fifty fathoms water to prevent further drift.

From Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States by Raphael Semmes

A smaller one by two-thirds than the bowers, and larger than the kedges, used to ride steady, or moor with occasionally.

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Sir Edward Belcher

In a few minutes the fireship ran into the man-of-war, "and grappled to her sides" with kedges thrown into her shrouds.

From On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien. by John Masefield

Next morning, when the kedges were fished up, the Marie went on her way to Iceland, and Yann's heart, to all appearance, was as free as in his early years.

From An Iceland Fisherman by M. Jules Cambon

Then the anchor went down with a plunge, and the boats dropped lightly into the water to carry the kedges and cables to the rocks.

From White Fire by John Oxenham

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

By our utmost exertions the bark was gotten off, not a moment too soon, however, for by the time we kedged her into deep water a pampeiro was upon us.

From Voyage of the Liberdade by Joshua Slocum

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

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

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

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

"Here are your trousers," continued the young mate, "and the quicker you can jump into them the better, for we've a jolly bit of kedging to attend to, and need your assistance badly."

From Rick Dale, A Story of the Northwest Coast by Kirk Munroe

"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

While the ships were thus being urged on by towing, kedging, and occasionally by sweeps, an intermittent fire was kept up by the British, and responded to by the "Constitution" from her stern ports.

From The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 by Willis J. (Willis John) Abbot

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

We were a brig of a hundred and eighty tons, and there was nothing to be done with poling; nor was kedging going to help us at this the first quarter of ebb.

From The Honour of the Flag by W. Clark (William Clark) Russell