English Dictionary

To cool; to skim or stir.
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A brewer's cooling vat; a keelfat.
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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.
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Fig.: The whole ship.
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A barge or lighter, used on the Type for carrying coal from Newcastle; also, a barge load of coal, twenty-one tons, four cwt.
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The two lowest petals of the corolla of a papilionaceous flower, united and inclosing the stamens and pistil; a carina. See Carina.
Source : opted (84950)  - auto

A projecting ridge along the middle of a flat or curved surface.
Source : opted (84951)  - auto

To traverse with a keel; to navigate.
Source : opted (84954)  - auto

To turn up the keel; to show the bottom.
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In a dirigible, a construction similar in form and use to a ship's keel; in an aeroplane, a fin or fixed surface employed to increase stability and to hold the machine to its course.
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