| Keel (keel) |
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| v. t. *** i. | (k***emacr]l) |
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| Keel |
[AS.
c&emacr]lan to cool, fr. c l cool. See
Cool.] |
To cool; to skim or stir.
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A brewer's cooling vat; a
keelfat.
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A longitudinal timber, or series of
timbers scarfed together, extending from stem to stern along the
bottom of a vessel. It is the principal timber of the vessel, and, by
means of the ribs attached on each side, supports the vessel's frame.
In an iron vessel, a combination of plates supplies the place of the
keel of a wooden ship. See Illust. of
Keelson.
Fig.: The whole ship.
A barge or lighter, used on the Tyne for
carrying coal from Newcastle; also, a barge load of coal, twenty-one
tons, four cwt.
The two lowest petals of the
corolla of a papilionaceous flower, united and inclosing the stamens
and pistil; a carina. See Carina.
A projecting ridge
along the middle of a flat or curved surface.
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To traverse with a keel] to
navigate.
To turn up the keel; to show the
bottom.
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In a dirigible, a construction similar in form and use to a
ship's keel; in an aëroplane, a fin or fixed surface employed to
increase stability and to hold the machine to its course.
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