keel

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• Keel

  ·noun Fig.: The whole ship. II. Keel ·noun A brewer's cooling vat; a keelfat. III. Keel ·vi To tur...

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• keel

  The lowest and principal timber of a ship, running fore and aft its whole length, and supporting the...

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• Fin keel

  ·add. ·- A projection downward from the keel of a yacht, resembling in shape the fin of a fish, thou...

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• keel bullies

  Men employed to load and unload the coal vessels. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• to keel over

  A nautical term; to capsize or upset, and metaphorically applied to a sudden prostration. As it see...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• even keel

  When a ship is so trimmed as to sit evenly upon the water, drawing the same depth forward as aft. So...

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• false keel

  A kind of supplemental or additional keel secured under the main one, to protect it should the ship ...

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• humber-keel

  A particular clincher-built craft used on the Humber. ...

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• keel-blocks

  Short log ends of timbers on which the keel of a vessel rests while building or repairing, affording...

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• keel-deeters

  The wives and daughters of keelmen, who sweep and clean the keels, having the sweepings of small coa...

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• keel-hauling

  A severe punishment formerly inflicted for various offences, especially in the Dutch navy. The culpr...

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• keel leg

  Means any anchor; as, "she has come to a keelock." ...

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• keel hook

  Means any anchor; as, "she has come to a keelock." ...

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• keel-pieces

  The parts of the keel which are of large timber. ...

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• keel-rake

  Synonymous with keel-haul. See keel-hauling. ...

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• keel-rope

  A coarse rope formerly used for cleaning the limber-holes. ...

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• keel-staples

  Generally made of copper, from six to twelve inches long, with a jagged hook to each end. They are d...

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• main-keel

  The principal keel, as distinguished from the false-keel and the keelson. ...

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• safety-keel

  A construction of keel for further security, by Oliver Lang. ...

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• sliding-keel

  A contrivance to prevent vessels from being driven to leeward by a side-wind; it is composed of plan...

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• keel the pot

  skim the pot. North. See Love's Labour's Lost. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• heaving keel out

  The utmost effect to be produced by careening, viz. to raise the keel out of the water in order to r...

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• hove keel out

  Hove so completely over the beam-ends that the keel is above the water. ...

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• scarphs of the keel

  The joints, when a keel is made of several pieces. (See scarph.) ...

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• tread of a keel

  The length of her keel. ...

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