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kedged

kedged is the simple past and past participle of kedge.

Meaning of kedge

Verb

kedge (third-person singular simple present kedges, present participle kedging, simple past and past participle kedged)

  1. (transitive) To warp (a vessel) by carrying out a kedge in a boat, dropping it overboard, and hauling the vessel up to it.
  2. (intransitive) To move with the help of a kedge, as described above.
    • […] there was a stretch of twelve miles of channel running in a north-easterly direction which the ship could not possibly negotiate under sail unless a change of wind should occur — of which there seemed to be absolutely no prospect. The only alternative, therefore, would be to kedge those twelve...1911, Harry Collingwood, Overdue

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Questions about kedged

What is kedged the simple past and past participle of?
Kedged is the simple past and past participle of kedge.

Words near kedged in the dictionary

  1. Keddy
  2. Keddys
  3. Kedevaahera
  4. kedgaree
  5. kedge
  6. kedged
  7. kedger
  8. kedgeree
  9. kedgeree pot
  10. kedgeree pots
  11. kedgerees

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