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

Skeg :: Skeg (n.) The after part of the keel of a vessel, to which the rudder is attached..

Multicarinate :: Multicarinate (a.) Many-keeled.

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..

Keelman :: Keelman (n.) See Keeler, 1..

Binding :: Binding (pl.) The transoms, knees, beams, keelson, and other chief timbers used for connecting and strengthening the parts of a vessel..

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.

Keeler :: Keeler (n.) One employed in managing a Newcastle keel; -- called also keelman.

Step :: Step (v. i.) In general, a framing in wood or iron which is intended to receive an upright shaft; specif., a block of wood, or a solid platform upon the keelson, supporting the heel of the mast..

Keelvat :: Keelvat (n.) See Keelfat.

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)..

Keelfat :: Keelfat (n.) A cooler; a vat for cooling wort, 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..

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..

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..

Abeam :: Abeam (adv.) On the beam, that is, on a line which forms a right angle with the ship's keel; opposite to the center of the ship's side..

Skag :: Skag (n.) An additional piece fastened to the keel of a boat to prevent lateral motion. See Skeg.

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

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

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