KEEL
\kˈiːl], \kˈiːl], \k_ˈiː_l]\
Definitions of KEEL
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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the median ridge on the breastbone of birds that fly
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walk as if unable to control one's movements; "The drunken man staggered into the room"
By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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Fig.: The whole ship.
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The two lowest petals of the corolla of a papilionaceous flower, united and inclosing the stamens and pistil; a carina. See Carina.
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A projecting ridge along the middle of a flat or curved surface.
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To traverse with a keel; to navigate.
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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 aeroplane, a fin or fixed surface employed to increase stability and to hold the machine to its course.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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Fig.: The whole ship.
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The two lowest petals of the corolla of a papilionaceous flower, united and inclosing the stamens and pistil; a carina. See Carina.
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A projecting ridge along the middle of a flat or curved surface.
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To traverse with a keel; to navigate.
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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 aeroplane, a fin or fixed surface employed to increase stability and to hold the machine to its course.
By Noah Webster.
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The chief and lowest timber or steel plate of a vessel, extending from stem to stern and supporting the whole frame; hence, a ship; in an airship, the lowest and central part of the body of the machine; a broad, flat vessel used on the Maine coast.
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To furnish with a keel.
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To turn up the keel; turn over.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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The part of a ship extending along the bottom from stem to stern, and supporting the whole frame: a low flat-bottomed boat: (bot.)the lowest petals of the corolla of a papilionaceous flower.
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To plough with a keel, to navigate: to turn keel upwards.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To put a keel on.
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To turn up the keel; as, to keel over.
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The lowest lengthwise member of the framework of a vessel, forming a projecting ridge along the bottom from stem to stern.
By James Champlin Fernald
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The principal timber in a ship, extending from stem to stern at the bottom, and supporting the whole frame; a low, flat-bottomed vessel; the lowest petal of a papilionaceous corolla.
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To plough with a keel; to navigate; to turn up the keel; to show the bottom. False keel, a strong piece of timber bolted under the main keel of a vessel.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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The principal and lowest timber in a ship, extending from stem to stern, and supporting the whole frame; a low flat-bottomed vessel; in bot., a projecting ridge, rising along the middle of a flat or curved surface; the two lowermost, and more or less combined, petals of a papilionaceous corolla.
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To navigate; to turn keel upwards.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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The carina or breast-bone of flying birds; the boat-shaped structure formed by the two anterior petals of the Leguminosae.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
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n. [Anglo-Saxon, German] The principal timber in a ship, extending from stem to stern at the bottom ,and supporting the whole frame ; hence, a ship ; - a low, flat, flat-bottomed vessel, used in the river Tyne to convey coals from Newcastle for loading the colliers ; - a broad, flat vessel used for cooling liquids ; a keeler.
