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Coloq. Kangaroo apple (Bot.), the edible fruit of the Tasmanian plant Solanum aviculare. -- Coloq. Kangaroo grass (Bot.), a perennial Australian forage grass (Anthistiria australis). -- Coloq. Kangaroo hare (Zoöl.), the jerboa kangaroo. See under . -- Coloq. Kangaroo mouse . (Zoöl.) See Jumping mouse, under .
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kangaroo rat n. (Zool.) A jumping rodent of the genus Dipodomys of the family Heteromyidae, which lives in arid regions of Mexico and the western U. S.
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2. (Zool.) An Australian mammal of the genus Notomys.
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3. (Zool.) a small ratlike Australian kangaroo of the genus Potorous, also called the potoroo.
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kangaroo's-foot n. A sedgelike spring-flowering herb (Anigozanthus manglesii) of Australia, having clustered flowers covered with woolly hairs.
Syn. -- kangaroo paw, kangaroo-foot plant, Australian sword lily, Anigozanthus manglesii.
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Kansan prop. a. of or pertaining to Kansas.
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Kansan prop. n. a resident of Kansas.
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Kansas (?), prop. n. A state of the central United States, bordering the Mississippi River to the west.
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Kansas (?), prop. n. pl. (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians allied to the Winnebagoes and Osages. They formerly inhabited the region which is now the State of Kansas, but were removed to the Indian Territory.
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Kant prop. n. Immanuel Kant, a German philosopher (1724-1804).
Syn. -- Immanuel Kant.
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Kantian (?), a. Of or pertaining to Immanuel Kant, the German philosopher; conformed or relating to any or all of the philosophical doctrines of Immanuel Kant.
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Kantian, n. A follower of Kant; a Kantist.

{ Kantianism, Kantism } (?), n. The doctrine or theory of Kant; the Kantian philosophy.
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Kantist n. A disciple or follower of Kant.
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Kanttry (?), n. Same as .

{ Kaolin, Kaoline } (?), n. [Chin. kao-ling.] (Min.) A very pure white clay, ordinarily in the form of an impalpable powder, and used to form the paste of porcelain; China clay; porcelain clay. It is chiefly derived from the decomposition of common feldspar.
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☞ The name is now applied to all porcelain clays which endure the fire without discoloration.
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Kaolinization (?), n. The process by which feldspar is changed into kaolin.
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Kaolinize (?), v. t. To convert into kaolin.
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Kapelle (?), n. [G.] (Mus.) A chapel; hence, the choir or orchestra of a prince's chapel; now, a musical establishment, usually orchestral. Grove.
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Kapellmeister (?), n. [G.] (Mus.) See .
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Kapia (?), n. [Native name.] (Min.) The fossil resin of the kauri tree of New Zealand.
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Kapnomar (?), n. (Chem.) See .
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Kapok (?), n. [Prob. fr. the native name.] (Bot.) A silky wool derived from the seeds of Ceiba pentandra (syn. Eriodendron anfractuosum), a bombaceous tree of the East and West Indies.
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Karagane (?), n. [Russ. karagan'] (Zoöl.) A species of gray fox found in Russia.
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Karaism (?), n. Doctrines of the Karaites.
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Karaite (?), n. [Heb. qārā to read.] (Eccl. Hist.) A sect of Jews who adhere closely to the letter of the Scriptures, rejecting the oral law, and allowing the Talmud no binding authority; -- opposed to the Rabbinists.
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Karakul (?), prop. n. [Russ. karakul' curly fleece of Bokhara and Khiva sheep.] 1. A type of Astrakhan, esp. in fine grades, obtained from the Karakul sheep. See sense 2 and cf. .
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2. A hardy coarse-haired sheep of central Asia, bearing a soft curly fleece that is black in the young lambs, but which grows brown or gray when adult; the lambs are valued for their soft curly black fur. [wns=1]
Syn. -- broadtail, caracul.
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3. A large lake in the Pamirs of Central Asia, lying 13,200 feet above sea level.
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Karat n. the unit of measurement for the proportion of gold in an alloy; 18-karat gold is 75 2.122e-314old; 24-karat gold is pure gold.
Syn. -- carat.
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Karatas (?), n. (Bot.) A West Indian plant of the Pineapple family (Nidularium Karatas).
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karate (kärät�) n. [Japanese, empty hand.] a traditional Japanese system of unarmed combat; sharp blows and kicks are given to pressure-sensitive points on the body of the opponent.
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Karen, Karenic n. A language spoken in the Thai-Burmese borderlands.
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Karma (?), n. [Skr.] 1. (Buddhism, Hinduism) One's acts considered as fixing one's lot in the future existence.
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2. (Theos.) The doctrine of fate as the inflexible result of cause and effect, especially the principle by which a person is rewarded or punished in a subsequent incarnation for deeds in the previous incarnation; the theory of inevitable consequence.
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3. One's destiny; fate.
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4. (Mysticism) The supposed non-physical emanations that a person gives off, which may affect other people; vibrations.
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Karmathian (?), n. One of a Mohammedan sect founded in the ninth century by Karmat.
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Karn (?), n. [Cornish. Cf. .] (Mining) A pile of rocks; sometimes, the solid rock. See .
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Karob (?), n. [Cf. .] The twenty-fourth part of a grain; -- a weight used by goldsmiths. Crabb.
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Kaross (?), n. [Native name.] A native garment or rug of skin sewed together in the form of a square. [South Africa]

The wants of a native . . . are confined to a kaross (skin cloak) or some pieces of cotton cloth. James Bryce.
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Karpholite (?), n. [Gr. � rice straw + -lite: cf. F. carpholithe.] (Min.) A fibrous mineral occurring in tufts of a straw-yellow color. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and manganese.
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Karroo (kȧrr�), n.; pl. Karroos (kȧrr�z). One of the dry table-lands of South Africa, which often rise terracelike to considerable elevations. [Also karoo.]
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Coloq. The Great Karroo , or Coloq. The Karroo , a vast plateau, in Cape Colony, stretching through five degrees of longitude, at an elevation of about 3,000 feet.
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Karstenite (?), n. Same as .
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Karvel (?), n. [Obs.] See , and .
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Karyokinesis (kărĭ�k�nēsĭs), n. [NL., fr. Gr. karyon a nut, kernel + kinei^n to move.] 1. (Biol.) The indirect division of cells in which, prior to division of the cell protoplasm, complicated changes take place in the nucleus, attended with movement of the nuclear fibrils; -- opposed to karyostenosis. The nucleus becomes enlarged and convoluted, and finally the threads are separated into two groups which ultimately become disconnected and constitute the daughter nuclei. Called also mitosis. See Cell development, under .
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2. The changes that occur in the nucleus of a cell, especially movements of the chromosomes, in the process of cell division.
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Karyokinetic (kărĭ�k�nĕtĭk), a. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to karyokinesis; as, karyokinetic changes of cell division.
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Karyomiton (kărĭŏmĭtŏn), n. [NL., Gr. karyon a nut + mitos a thread.] (Biol.) The reticular network of fine fibers, of which the nucleus of a cell is in part composed; -- in opposition to kytomiton, or the network in the body of the cell. W. Flemming.
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karyoplasm (kărĭ�plăz'm), karyoplasma (kărĭ�plăzmȧ), n. [NL., fr. Gr. karyon a nut + plasma a thing molded.] (Biol.) The protoplasmic substance of the nucleus of a cell; nucleoplasm; -- in opposition to cytoplasm, the protoplasm of the cell.
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Karyostenosis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. karyon a nut, kernel + � a being straitened.] (Biol.) Direct cell division (in which there is first a simple division of the nucleus, without any changes in its structure, followed by division of the protoplasm of the cell); -- in opposition to karyokinesis.
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Karyostenotic (?), a. (Biol.) Pertaining to, or connected with, karyostenosis; as, the karyostenotic mode of nuclear division.
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Kasack (kăt), n. (Ethnol.) Same as .
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Kat (kät), n. (Bot.) An Arabian shrub (Catha edulis) the leaves of which are used as tea by the Arabs.
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katabolic (?), a. (Physiol.) Of or pertaining to catabolism; same as .
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Katabolism (?), n. [Gr. � down + � to throw.] (Physiol.) Destructive or downward metabolism; regressive metamorphism; same as (now the more common spelling); -- opposed to anabolism. See .
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Katastate (?), n. [Gr. (�) down + (�) to cause to stand.] (Physiol.) A substance formed by a catabolic process; -- opposed to anastate. See .
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Kate (?), n. (Zoöl.) The brambling finch.
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katharsis n. purging of emotional tensions; -- usually spelled catharsis.
Syn. -- catharsis, abreaction.
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Kathetal (?), a. [Gr. � a perpendicular line. See .] (Math.) Making a right angle; perpendicular, as two lines or two sides of a triangle, which include a right angle.
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Kathetometer (?), n. Same as .
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Katsuwonidae prop. n. A natural family of fish which in some classifications is considered a separate family comprising the oceanic bonitos.
Syn. -- family Kasuwonidae.
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Katsuwonus prop. n. A genus of oceanic bonitos; in some classifications it is placed in its own family Katsuwonidae.
Syn. -- genus Katsuwonus.
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Kattimundoo (?), n. A caoutchouc-like substance obtained from the milky juice of the East Indian Euphorbia Kattimundoo. It is used as a cement.
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Katydid (?), n. (Zoöl.) A large, green, arboreal, orthopterous insect (Cyrtophyllus concavus) of the family Locustidæ, common in the United States. The males have stridulating organs at the bases of the front wings. During the summer and autumn, in the evening, the males make a peculiar, loud, shrill sound, resembling the combination Katy-did, whence the name.
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Kauri (?), n. [Native name.] (Bot.) A tall coniferous tree of New Zealand Agathis australis, or Dammara australis), having white straight-grained wood furnishing valuable timber and also yielding one kind of dammar resin. [Written also kaudi, kaury, cowdie, and cowrie.]
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Kauri (?), n. (a) Kauri resin. (b) By extension, any of various species of Dammara; as, the red kauri (Dammara lanceolata).
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{ Kauri resin, Kauri gum, or Kauri copal }. A resinous product of the kauri, found in the form of yellow or brown lumps in the ground where the trees have grown. It is used for making varnish, and as a substitute for amber.
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kaury n. Same as .
Syn. -- kauri, Agathis australis.
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Kava (?), n. [Polynesian.] (Bot.) A species of Macropiper (Macropiper methysticum), the long pepper, from the root of which an intoxicating beverage is made by the Polynesians, by a process of mastication; also, the beverage itself. [Written also kawa, kava, and ava.]
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Kavass (?), n.; pl. Kavasses (#) [Turk. kāvvās] An armed constable; also, a government servant or courier. [Turkey]
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Kaw (?), v. i. & n. See .
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Kawaka (?), n. (Bot.) a New Zealand tree, the Cypress cedar (Libocedrus Doniana), having a valuable, fine-grained, reddish wood.
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Kawn (?), n. An inn. [Turkey] See .
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Kayak (?), n. (Naut.) A light canoe, made of skins stretched over a frame, and usually capable of carrying but one person, who sits amidships and uses a double-bladed paddle. It is peculiar to the Eskimos and other Arctic tribes.
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Kayaker (?), n. One who uses a kayak.
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Kayko (?), n. (Zoöl.) The dog salmon.
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Kayles (?), n. pl. [Akin to Dan. kegle, Sw. kegla, D. & G. kegel, OHG. kegil, whence F. quille.] A game; ninepins. [Prov Eng.] Carew.
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Kaynard (?), n. [F. cagnard.] A lazy or cowardly person; a rascal. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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kazoo (?), n. [Etymol. uncertain.] A kind of toy or rude musical instrument, as a tube inside of which is a stretched string or membrane made to vibrate by singing or humming into the tube.
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Kea (kāȧ; colloq. kēȧ), n. [Maori.] (Zoöl.) A large New Zealand parrot (Nestor notabilis), notorious for having acquired the habit of killing sheep; -- called also mountain parrot.
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kebab, kebob (?), n. See and .
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Keck (kĕk), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Kecked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Kecking.] [Cf. dial. G. köcken, köken.] To heave or to retch, as in an effort to vomit. [R.] Swift.
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Keck, n. An effort to vomit; queasiness. [R.]
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Keckle (?), v. i. & n. See , v. i. & n.
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Keckle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Keckled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Keckling (?).] (Naut.) To wind old rope around, as a cable, to preserve its surface from being fretted, or to wind iron chains around, to defend from the friction of a rocky bottom, or from the ice. Totten.
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Keckling (?), n. Old rope or iron chains wound around a cable. See , v. t.
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Kecklish (?), a. [From keck, keckle.] Inclined to vomit; squeamish. [R.] Holland.
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Kecksy (?), n.; pl. Kecksies (-sĭz). [Properly pl. of kex. See .] (Bot.) The hollow stalk of an umbelliferous plant, such as the cow parsnip or the hemlock. [Written also kex, and in pl., kecks, kaxes.]
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Nothing teems
But hateful docks, rough thistles, kecksies, burs. Shak.
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Kecky (?), a. Resembling a kecksy. Grew.
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Keddah (?), n. [Malay kedah, fr. Ar. qadah hole.] An inclosure constructed to entrap wild elephants; an elephant trap. [India]
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Kedge (kĕj), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Kedged (kĕjd); p. pr. & vb. n. Kedging.] [Cf. dial. Sw. keka to tug, to drag one's self slowly forward; or perh. fr. ked, and kedge, n., for keg anchor, named from the keg or cask fastened to the anchor to show where it lies.] (Naut.) To move (a vessel) by carrying out a kedge in a boat, dropping it overboard, and hauling the vessel up to it.
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Kedge, n. [See , v. t.] (Naut.) A small anchor used whenever a large one can be dispensed with. See , v. t., and , n.
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Kedger (?) n. (Naut.) A small anchor; a kedge.
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Kedlock (kĕdlŏk), n. [Cf. dial. G. köddik, küdik, kettich, keek, Dan. kidike, E. charlock, and AS. cedelc the herb mercury.] (Bot.) See .
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Kee (kē), n. pl. of Cow. [AS. cȳ, pl. of cū cow. See .] See , , and . [Prov. Eng.] Gay.
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Keech (?), n. [Cf. Prov. E. keech a cake.] A mass or lump of fat rolled up by the butcher. [Obs.] Shak.
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Keel (kēl), v. t. & i. [AS. cēlan to cool, fr. cōl cool. See .] To cool; to skim or stir. [Obs.]
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While greasy Joan doth keel the pot. Shak.
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Keel, n. A brewer's cooling vat; a keelfat.
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Keel, n. [Cf. AS. ceól ship; akin to D. & G. kiel keel, OHG. chiol ship, Icel. kjōll, and perh. to Gr. gay^los a round-built Phœnician merchant vessel, gaylos bucket; cf. Skr. gōla ball, round water vessel. But the meaning of the English word seems to come from Icel. kjölr keel, akin to Sw. köl, Dan. kjöl.] 1. (Shipbuilding) A longitudinal timber, or series of timbers scarfed together, extending from stem to stern along the bottom of a vessel. It is the principal timber of the vessel, and, by means of the ribs attached on each side, supports the vessel's frame. In an iron vessel, a combination of plates supplies the place of the keel of a wooden ship. See Illust. of .
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2. Fig.: The whole ship.
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3. A barge or lighter, used on the Tyne for carrying coal from Newcastle; also, a barge load of coal, twenty-one tons, four cwt. [Eng.]
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4. (Bot.) The two lowest petals of the corolla of a papilionaceous flower, united and inclosing the stamens and pistil; a carina. See .
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5. (Nat. Hist.) A projecting ridge along the middle of a flat or curved surface.
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6. (Aeronautics) In a dirigible, a construction similar in form and use to a ship's keel; in an aëroplane, a fin or fixed surface employed to increase stability and to hold the machine to its course.
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Coloq. Bilge keel (Naut.), a keel peculiar to ironclad vessels, extending only a portion of the length of the vessel under the bilges. Ham. Nav. Encyc. -- Coloq. False keel . See under . -- Coloq. Keel boat . (a) A covered freight boat, with a keel, but no sails, used on Western rivers. [U. S.] (b) A low, flat-bottomed freight boat. See , n., 3. -- Coloq. Keel piece , one of the timbers or sections of which a keel is composed. -- Coloq. On even keel , in a level or horizontal position, so that the draught of water at the stern and the bow is the same. Ham. Nav. Encyc. -- Coloq. On an even keel a. & adv., steady; balanced; steadily.
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Keel, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Keeled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Keeling.] 1. To traverse with a keel; to navigate.
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2. To turn up the keel; to show the bottom.
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Coloq. To keel over , to upset; to capsize. [Colloq.]
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Keelage (?), n. [Cf. F. guillage, fr. guille keel; of German or Scand origin. See 3d .] The right of demanding a duty or toll for a ship entering a port; also, the duty or toll. Bouvier. Wharton.
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Keeled (?), a. 1. (Bot.) Keel-shaped; having a longitudinal prominence on the back; as, a keeled leaf.
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2. (Zoöl.) Having a median ridge; carinate; as, a keeled scale.
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Keeler (?), n. [See 3d .] 1. One employed in managing a Newcastle keel; -- called also keelman.
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2. A small or shallow tub; esp., one used for holding materials for calking ships, or one used for washing dishes, etc.
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Keelfat (?), n. [Keel to cool + fat a large tub, a vat.] (Brewing) A cooler; a vat for cooling wort, etc. [Written also keelvat.] Johnson.
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Keelhaul (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Keelhauled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Keelhauling.] [3d keel + haul: cf. LG. & D. kielhalen, G. kielholen. ] [Written also keelhale.] (Naut.) 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.
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Keeling (?), n. [Cf. Icel. keila, Sw. kolja, Dan. kulle.] (Zoöl.) A cod.
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Keelivine (?), n. [Cf. Gael. cil ruddle.] A pencil of black or red lead; -- called also keelyvine pen. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.
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Keelman (?), n.; pl. -men (�). See , 1.
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keel over (?), v. i. To drop down in a faint, or as if dead; to die. [Colloq.]
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Keelrake (?), v. t. (Naut.) Same as .
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Keels (?), n. pl. Ninepins. See .
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Keelson (?), n. [Akin to Sw. kölsvin, Dan. kjölsviin, G. kielschwein; apparently compounded of the words keel and swine; but cf. Norweg. kjölsvill, where svill is akin to E. sill, n. ] (Shipbuilding) 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.
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Coloq. Cross keelson , a similar structure lying athwart the main keelson, to support the engines and boilers.
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