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Word: Kedge
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
late 15th century: perhaps a specific use of dialect cadge ‘bind, tie’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
kɛdʒ
Dialects: British English
Definition:
(with reference to a boat) move or be moved by hauling in a hawser attached at a distance to a small anchor
Short Definition:move boat by hauling in hawser attached at distance to small anchor
Examples:- I kedged the dinghy to the port
- most of the smaller boats had to kedge for a while
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