Definition of "kedged" []

• Simple past tense and past participle of kedge. (verb)

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• "When the tide rose, the sea wanderers kedged the schooner to deep water, and then came among us."
• "Casting off the shore-lines, I kedged her out by main strength (the windlass being broken), till she rode nearly up and down to the small anchor — too small to hold her in any breeze."
• "The wind was against the Russian fleet, so the ships would have to be towed or kedged, laboriously pulled to windward by advancing their anchors, a few yards at a time."