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

A kedge wouldn't hold in this slime," declared the practical Miss Baird, "even if you were able to lay it out.

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

Ringing off the engines, he ran forward with a deckhand to drop the kedge anchor.

From The Coast of Adventure by Bindloss, Harold

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