Definition of keel

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Keel (n.) A barge or lighter, used on the Type for carrying coal from Newcastle; also, a barge load of coal, twenty-one tons, four cwt..

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Stem :: Stem (n.) A curved piece of timber to which the two sides of a ship are united at the fore end. The lower end of it is scarfed to the keel, and the bowsprit rests upon its upper end. Hence, the forward part of a vessel; the bow..
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..
Keelivine :: Keelivine (n.) A pencil of black or red lead; -- called also keelyvine pen.
Sole :: Sole (n.) A piece of timber attached to the lower part of the rudder, to make it even with the false keel..
Ratitae :: Ratitae (n. pl.) An order of birds in which the wings are small, rudimentary, or absent, and the breastbone is destitute of a keel. The ostrich, emu, moa, and apteryx are examples..
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..
Carinated :: Carinated (a.) Shaped like the keel or prow of a ship; having a carina or keel; as, a carinate calyx or leaf; a carinate sternum (of a bird)..
Gripe :: Gripe (n.) The piece of timber which terminates the keel at the fore end; the forefoot.
Camberkeeled :: Camberkeeled (a.) Having the keel arched upwards, but not actually hogged; -- said of a ship..
Careen :: Careen (v. t.) To cause (a vessel) to lean over so that she floats on one side, leaving the other side out of water and accessible for repairs below the water line; to case to be off the keel..
Keelhauled :: Keelhauled (imp. & p. p.) of Keelhau.
Flat :: Flat (n.) A flat-bottomed boat, without keel, and of small draught..
Keel :: Keel (v. i.) To traverse with a keel; to navigate.
Keeled :: Keeled (a.) Keel-shaped; having a longitudinal prominence on the back; as, a keeled leaf..
Keel :: Keel (n.) Fig.: The whole ship.
Rockered :: Rockered (a.) Shaped like a rocker; curved; as, a rockered keel..
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..
Keel :: Keel (v. t. & i.) To cool; to skim or stir.
Vakeel :: Vakeel (n.) A native attorney or agent; also, an ambassador..
Men :: men (pl. ) of Keelma.
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