kedge
/kɛd͡ʒ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.49 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A glutton.
Example Sentences
- "...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."
- "The chaps who had gone off in the cutter had been equally spry with their job, bending on a stout hemp hawser through the ring of the kedge anchor, which they dropped some half a cable's length from the brig, bringing back the other end aboard, where it was put round the capstan on the forecastle."
- "[…] 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."
- "By noon the men had loaded the cargo & Prophetess was kedging out of the bay against unfavourable winds."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /kɛd͡ʒ/
- British English: /kɛd͡ʒ/