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jedge
English
Noun
jedge (plural jedges)
- Pronunciation spelling of judge.
- 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Ch.I:
- "De ole jedge has be'n a little onreg'lar sence de wah, suh […]"
- "Heap of it, sir," replied the overseer, taking off his cap. "It was that fine yaller lady there that made most of it. She's the one that's a-fomintin' trouble right along. She's a quiet lookin' gal, but she ain't. It's all right what the jedge says to me, but I'm goin' to have a little settlement with this fine lady myself, this time."
- 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Ch.I:
- (Scotland) A gauge or standard.
Verb
jedge (third-person singular simple present jedges, present participle jedging, simple past and past participle jedged)
- Pronunciation spelling of judge.
jedge From the web:
kedge
English
Etymology
Perhaps an alteration of cadge.
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /k?d?/
- Rhymes: -?d?
Noun
kedge (plural kedges)
- (nautical) A small anchor used for warping a vessel; also called a kedge anchor.
- 1896, J.C. Hutcheson, "Young Tom Bowling":
- 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.
- 1896, J.C. Hutcheson, "Young Tom Bowling":
- (Yorkshire) A glutton.
Translations
Verb
kedge (third-person singular simple present kedges, present participle kedging, simple past and past participle kedged)
- (transitive) To warp (a vessel) by carrying out a kedge in a boat, dropping it overboard, and hauling the vessel up to it.
- (intransitive, of a vessel) To move with the help of a kedge, as described above.
- 1911, Harry Collingwood, "Overdue":
- […] 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.
- 1911, Harry Collingwood, "Overdue":
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