Definition of keel

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Keel (n.) Fig.: The whole ship.

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Keelfat :: Keelfat (n.) A cooler; a vat for cooling wort, etc..
Keeling :: Keeling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Kee.
Keeled :: Keeled (a.) Having a median ridge; carinate; as, a keeled scale..
Garboard :: Garboard (n.) One of the planks next the keel on the outside, which form a garboard strake..
Timber :: Timber (n.) A rib, or a curving piece of wood, branching outward from the keel and bending upward in a vertical direction. One timber is composed of several pieces united..
Heel :: Heel (n.) The after end of a ship's keel.
Back :: Back (n.) The keel and keelson of a ship.
Keel :: Keel (v. t. & i.) To cool; to skim or stir.
Keelage :: Keelage (n.) The right of demanding a duty or toll for a ship entering a port; also, the duty or toll..
Binding :: Binding (pl.) The transoms, knees, beams, keelson, and other chief timbers used for connecting and strengthening the parts of a vessel..
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..
Carina :: Carina (n.) A longitudinal ridge or projection like the keel of a boat.
Vakeel :: Vakeel (n.) A native attorney or agent; also, an ambassador..
Keeler :: Keeler (n.) One employed in managing a Newcastle keel; -- called also keelman.
Sterna :: Sternson (n.) The end of a ship's keelson, to which the sternpost is bolted; -- called also stern knee..
Men :: men (pl. ) of Keelma.
Keel :: Keel (n.) Fig.: The whole ship.
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..
Camberkeeled :: Camberkeeled (a.) Having the keel arched upwards, but not actually hogged; -- said of a ship..
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