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See Kie, Ky, and Kine. [Prov. Eng.] Gay.

A mass or lump of fat rolled up by the butcher. [Obs.] Shak.

To cool; to akin or stir [Obs.] While greasy Joan doth keel the pot. Shak.

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.

Sharp; having a fine edge or point; as, a keen razor, or a razor with a keen edge. A bow he bare and arwes [arrows] bright and kene. Chaucer. That my keen knife see not the wound it makes. Shak.

A professional mourner who wails at a funeral. [Ireland]

In a keen manner.

The quality or state of being keen.

power or possession; not to lose; to retain; to detain. If we lose the field, We can not keep the town. Shak. That I may know what keeps me here with you. Dryden. If we would weigh and keep in our minds what we are considering, that would instruct us. Locke.