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Keel :: Keel (n.) 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..

Square :: Square (n.) To place at right angles with the keel; as, to square the yards..

Cutter :: Cutter (n.) A fast sailing vessel with one mast, rigged in most essentials like a sloop. A cutter is narrower end deeper than a sloop of the same length, and depends for stability on a deep keel, often heavily weighted with lead..

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..

Men :: men (pl. ) of Keelma.

Keeling :: Keeling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Kee.

Keelson :: Keelson (n.) A piece of timber in a ship laid on the middle of the floor timbers over the keel, and binding the floor timbers to the keel; in iron vessels, a structure of plates, situated like the keelson of a timber ship..

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

Sternsman :: Sternpost (n.) A straight piece of timber, or an iron bar or beam, erected on the extremity of the keel to support the rudder, and receive the ends of the planks or plates of the vessel..

Keel :: Keel (n.) A projecting ridge along the middle of a flat or curved surface.

Outboard :: Outboard (a. & adv.) Beyond or outside of the lines of a vessel's bulwarks or hull; in a direction from the hull or from the keel; -- opposed to inboard; as, outboard rigging; swing the davits outboard..

Steeve :: Steeve (v. i.) To project upward, or make an angle with the horizon or with the line of a vessel's keel; -- said of the bowsprit, etc..

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

Keeled :: Keeled (a.) Having a median ridge; carinate; as, a keeled scale..

Keeling :: Keeling (n.) A cod.

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

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.

Gonys :: Gonys (n.) The keel or lower outline of a bird's bill, so far as the mandibular rami are united..

Heel :: Heel (n.) The after end of a ship's keel.

Keelhauled :: Keelhauled (imp. & p. p.) of Keelhau.

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