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kedge
transitive verb kedged, kedging
to move (a ship) by hauling on a rope fastened to an anchor that has been dropped some distance from it
intransitive verb
- to move a ship by kedging it
- to move by being kedged
noun
a light anchor, used esp. in kedging a ship
also kedge anchor
See kedge in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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