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To render more grievous; to aggravate. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.

Incapable of being severed; indivisible; inseparable. De Quincey.

Incapable of being revealed. -- Ir`re*veal"a*bly, adv.

The state or quality of being irreverent; want of proper reverence; disregard of the authority and character of a superior.

Irreverent. [Obs.] Immodest speech, or irreverend gesture. Strype.

Not reverent; showing a want of reverence; expressive of a want of veneration; as, an irreverent babbler; an irreverent jest.

In an irreverent manner.

The state or quality of being irreversible; irreversibleness.

Incapable of being reversed or turned about or back; incapable of being made to run backward; as, an irreversible engine.

n they strike an obstacle side ways, but easily controlled by the hand wheel or steering lever.

The state or quality of being irreversible.

In an irreversible manner.

To set in a keeve, or tub, for fermentation.

See Keeve, n.

A stone mason's hammer. [Written also cavil.] Kevel head (Naut.), a projecting end of a timber, used as a kevel.

The gazelle.

i. To cover. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A kerchief. [Obs.] Chaucer.

See Keeve, n.

A subordinate officer on an extensive estate, who acts as an assistant to the steward.