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Definitions of keel
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To put a keel on. The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language. By James Champlin Fernald. Published 1919.
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To turn up the keel; as, to keel over. The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language. By James Champlin Fernald. Published 1919.
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To cool; to skim or stir. Webster Dictionary DB
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To furnish with a keel. The Winston Simplified Dictionary. By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer. Published 1919.
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To traverse with a keel; to navigate. Webster Dictionary DB
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To turn up the keel; to show the bottom. Webster Dictionary DB
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To turn up the keel; turn over. The Winston Simplified Dictionary. By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer. Published 1919.
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To plough with a keel; to navigate; to turn up the keel; to show the bottom. False keel, a strong piece of timber bolted under the main keel of a vessel. Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language. By Nuttall, P.Austin. Published 1914.
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To navigate; to turn keel upwards. Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language. By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H. Published 1874.
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the median ridge on the breastbone of birds that fly Scrapingweb Dictionary DB
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walk as if unable to control one's movements; "The drunken man staggered into the room" Wordnet Dictionary DB
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A brewer's cooling vat; a keelfat. Webster Dictionary DB
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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. Webster Dictionary DB
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Fig.: The whole ship. Webster Dictionary DB
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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. Webster Dictionary DB
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A projecting ridge along the middle of a flat or curved surface. Webster Dictionary DB
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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. Webster Dictionary DB
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The chief and lowest timber or steel plate of a vessel, extending from stem to stern and supporting the whole frame; hence, a ship; in an airship, the lowest and central part of the body of the machine; a broad, flat vessel used on the Maine coast. The Winston Simplified Dictionary. By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer. Published 1919.
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The part of a ship extending along the bottom from stem to stern, and supporting the whole frame: a low flat-bottomed boat: (bot.)the lowest petals of the corolla of a papilionaceous flower. The american dictionary of the english language. By Daniel Lyons. Published 1899.
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To plough with a keel, to navigate: to turn keel upwards. The american dictionary of the english language. By Daniel Lyons. Published 1899.
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Bottom timber of a ship, running the whole length. The Clarendon dictionary. By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman. Published 1894.
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The lowest lengthwise member of the framework of a vessel, forming a projecting ridge along the bottom from stem to stern. The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language. By James Champlin Fernald. Published 1919.
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The principal timber in a ship, extending from stem to stern at the bottom, and supporting the whole frame; a low, flat-bottomed vessel; the lowest petal of a papilionaceous corolla. Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language. By Nuttall, P.Austin. Published 1914.
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The principal and lowest timber in a ship, extending from stem to stern, and supporting the whole frame; a low flat-bottomed vessel; in bot., a projecting ridge, rising along the middle of a flat or curved surface; the two lowermost, and more or less combined, petals of a papilionaceous corolla. Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language. By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H. Published 1874.
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The carina or breast-bone of flying birds; the boat-shaped structure formed by the two anterior petals of the Leguminosae. A dictionary of scientific terms. By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D. Published 1920.
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