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Keels :: Keels (n. pl.) Ninepins. See Kayles.

Centreboard :: Centreboard (n.) A movable or sliding keel formed of a broad board or slab of wood or metal which may be raised into a water-tight case amidships, when in shallow water, or may be lowered to increase the area of lateral resistance and prevent leeway when the vessel is beating to windward. It is used in vessels of all sizes along the coast of the United States.

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

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

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..

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..

Keel :: Keel (n.) The two lowest petals of the corolla of a papilionaceous flower, united and inclosing the stamens and pistil; a carina. See Carina..

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

Flat :: Flat (n.) A flat-bottomed boat, without keel, and of small draught..

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

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

Limber :: Limber (n.) Gutters or conduits on each side of the keelson to afford a passage for water to the pump well.

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..

Keelage :: Keelage (n.) The right of demanding a duty or toll for a ship entering a port; also, the duty or toll..

Floor :: Floor (n.) That part of the bottom of a vessel on each side of the keelson which is most nearly horizontal.

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

Skeel :: Skeel (n.) A shallow wooden vessel for holding milk or cream.

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

Careen :: Careen (v. i.) To incline to one side, or lie over, as a ship when sailing on a wind; to be off the keel..

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

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