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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Keelfat :: Keelfat (n.) A cooler; a vat for cooling wort, etc..
Keelhauling :: Keelhauling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Keelhau.
Water Line :: Water line () Any one of several lines marked upon the outside of a vessel, corresponding with the surface of the water when she is afloat on an even keel. The lowest line indicates the vessel's proper submergence when not loaded, and is called the light water line; the highest, called the load water line, indicates her proper submergence when loaded..
Coble :: Coble (n.) A flat-floored fishing boat with a lug sail, and a drop rudder extending from two to four feet below the keel. It was originally used on the stormy coast of Yorkshire, England..
Keelage :: Keelage (n.) The right of demanding a duty or toll for a ship entering a port; also, the duty or toll..
Men :: men (pl. ) of Keelma.
Keelman :: Keelman (n.) See Keeler, 1..
Keelivine :: Keelivine (n.) A pencil of black or red lead; -- called also keelyvine pen.
Vakeel :: Vakeel (n.) A native attorney or agent; also, an ambassador..
Keeling :: Keeling (n.) A cod.
Skeel :: Skeel (n.) A shallow wooden vessel for holding milk or cream.
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..
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..
Keelrake :: Keelrake (v. t.) Same as Keelhaul.
Heel :: Heel (n.) The after end of a ship's keel.
Lophosteon :: Lophosteon (n.) The central keel-bearing part of the sternum in birds.
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..
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..
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)..
Camberkeeled :: Camberkeeled (a.) Having the keel arched upwards, but not actually hogged; -- said of a ship..
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