keel

• walk as if unable to control one´s movements
• a projection or ridge that suggests a keel
• the median ridge on the breastbone of birds that fly
• one of the main longitudinal beams (or plates) of the hull of a vessel
• To cool
• A brewer´s cooling vat
• 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
• Fig.: The whole ship
• A barge or lighter, used on the Type for carrying coal from Newcastle
• The two lowest petals of the corolla of a papilionaceous flower, united and inclosing the stamens and pistil
• A projecting ridge along the middle of a flat or curved surface
• To traverse with a keel
• To turn up the keel
• Residential area (city, town, village) in Ireland in Cork
• Residential area (city, town, village) in Ireland in Mayo
• Residential area (city, town, village) in the United States of America (USA) in Mississippi

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