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The right of demanding a duty or toll for a ship entering a port; also, the duty or toll. Bouvier. Wharton.

Keel-shaped; having a longitudinal prominence on the back; as, a keeled leaf.

One employed in managing a Newcastle keel; -- called also keelman.

A cooler; a vat for cooling wort, etc. [Written also keelvat.] Johnson.

To haul under the keel of a ship, by ropes attached to the yardarms on each side. It was formerly practiced as a punishment in the Dutch and English navies. Totten.

A cod.

A pencil of black or red lead; -- called also keelyvine pen. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.

See Keeler,

Same as Keelhaul.

Ninepins. See Kayles.

A piece of timber in a ship laid on the middle of the floor timbers over the keel, and binding the floor timbers to the keel; in iron vessels, a structure of plates, situated like the keelson of a timber ship. Cross keelson, a similar structure lying athwart the main keelson, to support the engines and boilers.…

See Keelfat.

To bend the knee; to fall or rest on the knees; -- sometimes with down. And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. Acts vii. 60. As soon as you are dressed, kneel and say the Lord's Prayer. Jer. Taylor.

One who kneels or who worships by or while kneeling. Tennyson.

In a kneeling position.

See Creel.

See Lamprey.

Indian cress.

Lively in walking or running; brisk; light-footed.

See under Low.