Definition of keel

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Keel (v. i.) To turn up the keel; to show the bottom.

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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..
Sterna :: Sternson (n.) The end of a ship's keelson, to which the sternpost is bolted; -- called also stern knee..
Apron :: Apron (n.) A piece of carved timber, just above the foremost end of the keel..
Heel :: Heel (n.) The after end of a ship's keel.
Keeled :: Keeled (a.) Keel-shaped; having a longitudinal prominence on the back; as, a keeled leaf..
Keelfat :: Keelfat (n.) A cooler; a vat for cooling wort, etc..
Carina :: Carina (n.) A longitudinal ridge or projection like the keel of a boat.
Kelson :: Kelson (n.) See Keelson.
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..
Skeelduck :: Skeelduck (n.) Alt. of Skeelgoos.
Steeve :: Steeve (v. i.) To project upward, or make an angle with the horizon or with the line of a vessel's keel; -- said of the bowsprit, etc..
Water Line :: Water line () Any one of certain lines of a vessel, model, or plan, parallel with the surface of the water at various heights from the keel..
Stem-winder :: Stemson (n.) A piece of curved timber bolted to the stem, keelson, and apron in a ship's frame near the bow..
Lophosteon :: Lophosteon (n.) The central keel-bearing part of the sternum in birds.
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..
Keelhauling :: Keelhauling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Keelhau.
Skeelgoose :: Skeelgoose (n.) The common European sheldrake.
Skeel :: Skeel (n.) A shallow wooden vessel for holding milk or cream.
Squared :: Square (a.) At right angles with the mast or the keel, and parallel to the horizon; -- said of the yards of a square-rigged vessel when they are so braced..
Back :: Back (n.) The keel and keelson of a ship.
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