Webster's Dictionary 1828

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KEEL

KEEL, noun1. The principal timber in a ship, extending from stem to stern at the bottom, and supporting the whole frame.2. A low flat-bottomed vessel, used in the river Tyne, to...

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KEELAGE

KEE'LAGE, noun Duty paid for a ship entering Hartlepool, Eng.

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KEELED

KEE'LED, adjective In botany, carinated; having a longitudinal prominence on the back; as a keeled leaf, calyx or nectary.

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KEELFAT

KEE'LFAT, noun A cooler; a vessel in which liquor is set for cooling. [Not used.]

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KEELHAUL

KEE'LHAUL, verb transitive To haul under the keel of a ship. Keelhauling is a punishment inflicted in the Dutch navy for certain offenses. The offender is suspended by a rope fr...

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KEELING

KEE'LING, noun A kind of small cod, of which stock fish is made.

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KEELSON

KEELSON, noun kel'son. A piece of timber in a ship, laid on the middle of the floor timbers over the keel, fastened with long bolts and clinched, and thus binding the floor timb...

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KEEN

KEEN, adjective1. Eager; vehement; as hungry curs too keen at the sport.The sheep were so keen on the acorns--2. Eager; sharp; as a keen appetite.3. Sharp; having a very fine ed...

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KEENLY

KEE'NLY, adverb Eagerly; vehemently.1. Sharply; severely; bitterly.

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KEENNESS

KEE'NNESS, noun Eagerness; vehemence; as the keenness of hunger.1. Sharpness; fineness of edge; as the keenness of a razor.2. The quality of piercing; rigor; sharpness; as the k...

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KEEP

KEEP, verb transitivepreterit tense and participle passive kept. [Latin habeo, and capio.]1. To hold; to retain in one's power or possession; not to lose or part with; as, to ke...

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KEEPER

KEE'PER, noun One who keeps; one that holds or has possession of any thing.1. One who retains in custody; one who has the care of a prison and the custody of prisoners.2. One wh...

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KEEPERSHIP

KEE'PERSHIP, noun The office of a keeper. [Little used.]

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KEEPING

KEE'PING, participle present tense Holding; restraining; preserving; guarding; protecting; performing.KEE'PING, noun A holding; restraint; custody; guard; preservation.1. Feed; ...

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KEEPSAKE

KEE'PSAKE, noun Any thing kept, or given to be kept for the sake of the giver; a token of friendship.

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KEFFEKIL

KEF'FEKIL, noun A stone, white or yellow, which hardens in the fire, and of which Turkey pipes are made.

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KEFFEKILL

KEF'FEKILL, noun A mineral, the meerschaum, which see.

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KEG

KEG, noun A small cask or barrel; written more correctly cag.

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KELL

KELL, noun A sort of pottage. [Not used in America.]KELL, noun The caul or omentum. [See Caul, the usual orthography of the word.]1. The chrysalis of the caterpillar.

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KELP

KELP, noun The calcined ashes of sea weed, used in the manufacture of glass. This is a dark color alkaline substance, which, in a furnace, vitrifies and becomes transparent.

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KELPY

KELP'Y, noun An imaginary spirit of the waters, in the form of a horse. [Local and vulgar.]

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KELSON

KEL'SON. [See Keelson.]

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KELTER

KELT'ER, noun The phrase, he is not in kelter signifies, he is not in a proper dress or equipage, or not in readiness.

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KEMB

KEMB, verb transitive To comb, which see. kemb is an obsolete orthography.

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KEMELIN

KEM'ELIN, noun A tub; a brewer's vessel. [Not in use.]

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KEN

KEN, verb transitive [Latin canus, white, caneo, to be white, and this with Latin cano, to sing, canto, Eng. to cant, to chant; Latin gigno.]1. To see at a distance; to descry.W...

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KENDAL-GREEN

KEN'DAL-GREEN, noun A species of green cloth made of kendal.