keel

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Noun

1. A large beam along the underside of a ship’s hull from bow to stern.
2. A rigid, flat piece of material anchored to the lowest part of the hull of a ship to give it greater control and stability.
3. 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.
4. The rigid bottom part of something else, especially an iceberg.
5. A type of flat-bottomed boat.
6. The periphery of a whorl extended to form a more or less flattened plate; a prominent spiral ridge.
7. The two lowest petals of the corolla of a papilionaceous flower, united and enclosing the stamens and pistil; a carina.
8. The extension of a bird's sternum to which pectoral muscles attach.

Verb

1. To collapse, to fall.
   • He keeled over after having a stroke.
2. To traverse with a keel; to navigate.
3. To turn up the keel; to show the bottom.

Verb

1. To cool; make cool; to cool by stirring or skimming in order to keep from boiling over.
2. To moderate the ardour or intensity of; assuage; to appease, pacify, or lessen.
3. To become cool; cool down.

Noun

1. A broad, flat vessel used for cooling liquids; a brewer's cooling vat; a keelfat.

Noun

1. Red chalk; ruddle.

Verb

1. To mark with ruddle.

Verb

1. Pronunciation spelling of kill.

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