keeleg

As for your wife, you’ll never see her again; she was ‘up keeleg and off’ before you were outside of Cape Cod.

Chapter XXVIII. An Old Friend-A Victim-California Rangers-News from Home-Last Looks 1909

This was a find worth having, the young man told himself, and might prove worth several hundreds of pounds if judiciously advertised and offered for sale at Christie's upon his return home; for safety's sake, therefore, he put it round his neck, tucking it inside his shirt, snugly out of sight, and, heaving up his keeleg, proceeded to paddle thoughtfully back to the shore.

Harry Escombe A Tale of Adventure in Peru Harry Collingwood 1886

Arrived there he dropped his keeleg -- a large stone serving the purpose of an anchor -- overboard and settled down comfortably to enjoy his favourite pastime, and also provide an exceedingly welcome addition to the somewhat monotonous fare of camp life.

Harry Escombe A Tale of Adventure in Peru Harry Collingwood 1886

As for your wife, you'll never see her again; she was 'up keeleg and off' before you were outside of Cape Cod.

Two years before the mast, and twenty-four years after: a personal narrative 1869

As for your wife, you'll never see her again; she was 'up keeleg and off' before you were outside of Cape Cod.

Two Years Before the Mast Richard Henry Dana 1848

As for your wife, you'll never see her again; she was ` up keeleg and off 'before you were outside of Cape Cod.

Two Years Before the Mast Richard Henry Dana 1848