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Skeelduck :: Skeelduck (n.) Alt. of Skeelgoos.

Stem-winder :: Stemson (n.) A piece of curved timber bolted to the stem, keelson, and apron in a ship's frame near the bow..

Boatbill :: Boatbill (n.) A wading bird (Cancroma cochlearia) of the tropical parts of South America. Its bill is somewhat like a boat with the keel uppermost.

Skeg :: Skeg (n.) The after part of the keel of a vessel, to which the rudder is attached..

Bicarinate :: Bicarinate (a.) Having two keel-like projections, as the upper palea of grasses..

Keelfat :: Keelfat (n.) A cooler; a vat for cooling wort, etc..

Unicarinated :: Unicarinated (a.) Having one ridge or keel.

Rake :: Rake (n.) the inclination of a mast or funnel, or, in general, of any part of a vessel not perpendicular to the keel..

Camberkeeled :: Camberkeeled (a.) Having the keel arched upwards, but not actually hogged; -- said of a ship..

Rib :: Rib (n.) One of the timbers, or bars of iron or steel, that branch outward and upward from the keel, to support the skin or planking, and give shape and strength to the vessel..

Carina :: Carina (n.) A longitudinal ridge or projection like the keel of a boat.

Keeling :: Keeling (n.) A cod.

Water Line :: Water line () Any one of certain lines of a vessel, model, or plan, parallel with the surface of the water at various heights from the keel..

Step :: Step (v. i.) In general, a framing in wood or iron which is intended to receive an upright shaft; specif., a block of wood, or a solid platform upon the keelson, supporting the heel of the mast..

Junk :: "Junk (n.) A large vessel, without keel or prominent stem, and with huge masts in one piece, used by the Chinese, Japanese, Siamese, Malays, etc., in navigating their waters..

Keelhauling :: Keelhauling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Keelhau.

Rider :: Rider (n.) An interior rib occasionally fixed in a ship's hold, reaching from the keelson to the beams of the lower deck, to strengthen her frame..

Keeler :: Keeler (n.) One employed in managing a Newcastle keel; -- called also keelman.

Keel :: Keel (v. t. & i.) To cool; to skim or stir.

Lophosteon :: Lophosteon (n.) The central keel-bearing part of the sternum in birds.

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