key

t. [KEY (3), 8.] To fasten with a key or wedge-shaped piece of wood; to secure firmly. kēy (4), s . [Manx kiare - as - feed =twenty-four.] One of the twenty-four Commoners, or House of Keys, composing the Lower House in in the Parliament or Court of Tynwald of the Isle of Man, the Upper House consisting of the Governor and his Council. ( Eng . )