Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Kedge \Kedge\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Kedged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Kedging}.] [Cf. dial. Sw. keka to tug, to drag one's self
   slowly forward; or perh. fr. ked, and kedge, n., for ked
   anchor, named from the ked or cask fastened to the anchor to
   show where it lies.] (Naut.)
   To move (a vessel) by carrying out a kedge in a boat,
   dropping it overboard, and hauling the vessel up to it.