Keel
Definition of Keel
Pronunciation: kēl | v. t. & i. | 1. | To cool; to skim or stir. | | n. | 1. | A brewer's cooling vat; a keelfat. | | 1. | (Shipbuilding) 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. | | 2. | Fig.: The whole ship. | | 3. | A barge or lighter, used on the Tyne for carrying coal from Newcastle; also, a barge load of coal, twenty-one tons, four cwt. | | 4. | (Bot.) The two lowest petals of the corolla of a papilionaceous flower, united and inclosing the stamens and pistil; a carina. See Carina. | | 5. | (Nat. Hist.) A projecting ridge along the middle of a flat or curved surface. | | 6. | (Aeronautics) In a dirigible, a construction similar in form and use to a ship's keel; in an aëroplane, a fin or fixed surface employed to increase stability and to hold the machine to its course.| False keel | | See under False. - Ham. Nav. Encyc. |
| | v. i. | 1. | To traverse with a keel; to navigate. | | 2. | To turn up the keel; to show the bottom. |
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