Definition of keel

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Keel (v. i.) To traverse with a keel; to navigate.

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Garboard :: Garboard (n.) One of the planks next the keel on the outside, which form a garboard strake..
Keeled :: Keeled (a.) Keel-shaped; having a longitudinal prominence on the back; as, a keeled leaf..
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..
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)..
Multicarinate :: Multicarinate (a.) Many-keeled.
Binding :: Binding (pl.) The transoms, knees, beams, keelson, and other chief timbers used for connecting and strengthening the parts of a vessel..
Keeling :: Keeling (n.) A cod.
Rider :: Rider (n.) An interior rib occasionally fixed in a ship's hold, reaching from the keelson to the beams of the lower deck, to strengthen her frame..
Keelman :: Keelman (n.) See Keeler, 1..
Skeelgoose :: Skeelgoose (n.) The common European sheldrake.
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..
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..
Keeler :: Keeler (n.) One employed in managing a Newcastle keel; -- called also keelman.
Lophosteon :: Lophosteon (n.) The central keel-bearing part of the sternum in birds.
Keeled :: Keeled (imp. & p. p.) of Kee.
Rake :: Rake (n.) the inclination of a mast or funnel, or, in general, of any part of a vessel not perpendicular to the keel..
Keel :: Keel (n.) Fig.: The whole ship.
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..
Keeled :: Keeled (a.) Having a median ridge; carinate; as, a keeled scale..
Futtock :: Futtock (n.) One of the crooked timbers which are scarfed together to form the lower part of the compound rib of a vessel; one of the crooked transverse timbers passing across and over the keel.
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