kedge

/kɛd͡ʒ/

Etymology

Perhaps an alteration of cadge.

kedge means A small anchor used for warping a vessel. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 77 out of 100.

noun

A small anchor used for warping a vessel.“...and throw them into the boat, which, as there are no wharves, we usually kept anchored by a small kedge, or keelek, just outside of the surf.”
A glutton.

To warp (a vessel) by carrying out a kedge in a boat, dropping it overboard, and hauling the vessel up to it.
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 miles; truly a most formidable undertaking for four persons — one of them being a girl — to attempt.”