Keen

ken, a. Eager; vehement; sharp; having a fine, eve, term rn, Jce Odd, tone. 6r 325 cutting of [AS. can.] Keep, main maintain or detain; upon etc.); of horse, adhere command); frequent; in dure; ing; condition; keeps strongest see [AS. retain, To accompany, with To to ceptor. or prison superintendence self finder.— ing, supnort; Keep'ing-room, — kept, Keeve, {Mining.) Bg, Kelp, carbonate sea-weed Kelpie, waters, warn Kelt. Kelter, Ken, understand; view; and ni.ig, Kennel, h-mnds [kenneled — [ME. OF. Kennel, nel; Kennel-coal. Keno, and winning Kentle. Kentledge, last ner. Kept. Keramic. Kerchief, women esp. cover, Kerf, wood [AS. Kerite, egraphy, with sulphur. Kermes, on containing KEEP 307 RE'S — edge piercing; severe; acrimonious; acute and used in dyeing. [See Crimson.] Kermes minmind penetrating having mental acutene . eral. An artificial sulphuret of mercury, in the state cene, sharp, acute, Ic. kxnn, wise ken, of fine powder, — named from its brilliant red color. — Keen'ly, adv. — Keen'ne , n. Kern, kern. n. An Irish foot-soldier of the lowest kep, v. [kept, keeping.] To cause to rerank; a boor. (Eng. Law.) An idle person or vagain a given position, situation, or condition to bond. [OGa. and Ir. cearn, a man.] unchanged: to hold, retain in one's power Kern, kern, n. A hand-mill a quern. (Type-found po e ion; to nave in custody, take care of; to ing.) Part of a type which hangs over the body, or to protect, guard, sustain; to hide; to attend shank. — [kerned (kgrnd), kerning.] (lypeto maintain (an establishment, institution, founding.) To form with a kern. [See Quern.] to conduct, manage; to supply with nece aries Kernel, ker'nel, n. A little grain or corn anything life, entertain; to maintain (an a istant, servant, included in a shell, husk, or integument a small etc.); to continue in (a course of action); to ma around which other matter is concreted nuto, perform, observe, obey (duty, promise, cleus central part of anything. [AS. cyrnel, dim. to confine one's self to, remain in, haunt, of corn, grain.] _ to celebrate, solemnize.— v. To remain Kerosene, ker'c-sen, n. A hydrocarbon illuminating any position or state, continue, stay; to last, end is tilled from petroleum. [Gr. keros, wax.] to reside for a time, dwell. — n. Act of keep- Kersey, ker'zf, n. A coarse woolen cloth, usually custody; care; state of being kept; resulting ribbed, woven from long wool. [Prob. fr. Kersey, in case; maintenance; support; that which Suffolk, Eng.]—Ker's eymere, -mer, n. A thin, twilled or protects; a stronghold; castle; esp. the cloth, generally of the finest wool; ca imere. and securest part of a castle, the donjon: Kestrel, kes'trel, n. A small, slender hawk, of a red- Castle that which is kept or had in charge. dish fawn color, streaked and spotted with white cep an, a form of cypan, to traffic, store up, and black. [F. cre erelle, cristel.] keep, ceap, traffic, price. See Cheap.] — Ketch, kech, n. A ve el with 2 masts, a main and keep company with. To frequent the society of, mizzen-mast, usually from 100 to 250 tons burden. go with to give or receive attentions, [Corrupt, Turk, qaiq, a boat, skiff.] a view to marriage. — To k. good or bad hours. Ketchup. See Catchup. be early or late in returning home or in retiring Kettle, ket'tl, n. A metallic ve el, with a wide rest. — To k. school. To teach a school, as a pre mouth, used for heating water, etc. [AS. cetel, — Keener, n. One who or that which keeps, cytel, fr. L. catillus, dim. of catinus, a deep ve el, has po e ion of anything; one who has care of a bowl Gr. kotulos, cup, E. cotyledon, q. v.] — and custody of prisoners, or care, custody, or Ket'tle-drum, n. A drum made of of anything; one who keeps him a copper ve el, usually hem isp her or remains; a ring which keeps another on the ical, or shaped like a kettle, covered Keep'ership, n. Office of keeper. — Keep'- with parchment an informal af- A holding; restraint; custody; maintenance; ternoon or early evening party. just proportion; conformity; congruity. [See Drum.] n. A common parlor or sitting-room. Kex, keks, Keck'sy, -sY, n. The dry Keep'-sake, n. Anything kept, or given to be stalk of the hemlock, or of other f irthe sake of the giver; a token of friendship. plants; a dry husk or covering. [W. kev, n. A large ve el for fermenting liquors. ceceys, hollow stalks, cegid, L. ci- Kettle-drum. A vat for dre ing ores. — v. To set in cut a, hemlock.] tub, for fermentation. [AS. cyf, L. cup a, a cask.] Key, ke, n. A portable instrument to shut or open a keg, n. A small cask; barrel;'cag. [See Cag.] lock, by moving or raising a bolt or tumbler, or one kelp, n. Calcined ashes of sea-weed, from which by which anything is wound, screwed, turned, or of soda and iodine are made. (Bot.) The tightened, as, a watch-fc?/, bed-key, etc.; that which yielding kelp. [ME. kilp.] unlocks a secret or mystery, or discloses anything