† kedgern.

Etymology: < kedge v. + -er suffix¹.

Obsolete.

A small anchor or grapnel; = kedge n.

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society > trade and finance > trader > [noun] > itinerant

piepowderc1436

kedger1497

badgera1500

cadger?a1500

chapman?1593

peripateticc1600

haggler1602

higgler1637

mugger1743

truckerc1790

smouch1849

smouse1850

togt-ganger1879

kurveyor1885

smouser1903

machinga1993

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > anchoring equipment > [noun] > anchor > kedge-anchor

kedger1497

kedge-anchor1704

catch1759

kedge1769

1497 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 281 Ankers called Caggers.

1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 16 A streame Anchor, graplings or kedgers.

1630 J. Smith True Trav. 40 They boorded him againe as before; and threw foure kedgers or grapnalls in iron chaines.

1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I. (at cited word) They..let fall [a small anchor] in the middle of the Stream, and so wend or turn her Head about, lifting the Anchor up again... This work is called Kedging,..and the Anchor..the Kedger, or Kedge-Anchor.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Kedging If she come too near the Shore, they have a little Anchor ready, called the Kedger, or Kedge-Anchor, with a Hawser fastened to it from the Ship: and this Anchor they drop in the midst of the Current.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	kedger
释义	† kedgern. Etymology: < kedge v. + -er suffix¹. Obsolete. A small anchor or grapnel; = kedge n. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trader > [noun] > itinerant piepowderc1436 kedger1497 badgera1500 cadger?a1500 chapman?1593 peripateticc1600 haggler1602 higgler1637 mugger1743 truckerc1790 smouch1849 smouse1850 togt-ganger1879 kurveyor1885 smouser1903 machinga1993 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > anchoring equipment > [noun] > anchor > kedge-anchor kedger1497 kedge-anchor1704 catch1759 kedge1769 1497 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 281 Ankers called Caggers. 1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 16 A streame Anchor, graplings or kedgers. 1630 J. Smith True Trav. 40 They boorded him againe as before; and threw foure kedgers or grapnalls in iron chaines. 1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I. (at cited word) They..let fall [a small anchor] in the middle of the Stream, and so wend or turn her Head about, lifting the Anchor up again... This work is called Kedging,..and the Anchor..the Kedger, or Kedge-Anchor. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Kedging If she come too near the Shore, they have a little Anchor ready, called the Kedger, or Kedge-Anchor, with a Hawser fastened to it from the Ship: and this Anchor they drop in the midst of the Current. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1497
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