Definition of Keel

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Definition of Keel

Keel

To cool; to skim or stir.

A brewer's cooling vat; a keelfat.

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.

Fig.: The whole ship.

A barge or lighter, used on the Type for carrying coal from Newcastle; also, a barge load of coal, twenty-one tons, four cwt.

The two lowest petals of the corolla of a papilionaceous flower, united and inclosing the stamens and pistil; a carina. See Carina.

A projecting ridge along the middle of a flat or curved surface.

To traverse with a keel; to navigate.

To turn up the keel; to show the bottom.

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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Keel Quotations

I guess I'll just slip into the studio after the next time with the Muses, and then just keel over and die.
Kristin Hersh

I try to keep myself on an even keel by trying to be as critical of myself as I am of other people. I try to separate my performance from myself.
Damon Hill

I work very hard to keep on an even keel as far as alcohol is concerned.
Trisha Goddard

Before every performance, I think I am about to keel over.
Brenda Blethyn

It is a ship with a great deal of sail but a very shallow keel.
Robert Bork

Thus, I steer my bark, and sail On even keel, with gentle gale.
Matthew Green

When Buddy played, he played all out, all the time. It was a wonder he didn't keel over and die before he did.
Al Hirt

Keel Translations

keel in Dutch is kiel
keel in French is quille
keel in German is Kiel
keel in Portuguese is quilha
keel in Spanish is quilla

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