Definitions for the word "keel" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. v. t. & i.
To cool; to skim or stir.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
A brewer's cooling vat; a keelfat.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
Fig.: The whole ship.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
A barge or lighter, used on the Type for carrying coal from Newcastle; also, a barge load of coal, twenty-one tons, four cwt.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
The two lowest petals of the corolla of a papilionaceous flower, united and inclosing the stamens and pistil; a carina. See Carina.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
A projecting ridge along the middle of a flat or curved surface.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. v. i.
To traverse with a keel; to navigate.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. v. i.
To turn up the keel; to show the bottom.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
10. n.
Main lengthwise member of the base of a ship etc. v. 1 (often foll. By over) (cause to) fall down or over. 2 turn keel upwards. on an even keel steady; balanced. [old norse]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
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