keel, (1) kele, keele, cule

[A confusion between two words: (1) A. S. ceól a ship; cogn, with Icel. kjóll; O. H. Ger. cheol, prob. connected with Gr. gaulos =a round-built Phoenician merchant ve el; gaulos a round ve el, a milk-pail, a bucket: Sansc. gola =a ball; and (2) Icel. kilor; Dan. kjöl; Sw. köl =the keel of a ship; Ger. & Dut. kiel; Fr. quille; Sp. quill a.] I. Ordinary Language : 1. A ship; a ve el. 2. In the same sense as II. 3. ing them to the keel. The sister keelsons lie on each side of the keelson; also called side keelsons. The intercostal keelson is a short piece between frames. Rider-keelsons are auxiliary keelsons placed above the main keelson to give add i tional strength. Heavy timbers lying athwart the main-keelson are cro -keelsons, for cwt. ( Eng. ) II. Technically : 1. Botany : (1) The two lower petals of a papilionaceous corolla which adhere by their margins so as some what to resemble the keel of a boat. Called also Carina. (2) The midrib of a leaf or petal, ., elevated externally. 2. Naut .: A low, flat-bottomed ve el used in the river Tyne; a coal-barge. ( Eng .) 3. Ship build.: The lower longitudinal beam of a ve el, answering to the spine, and from which the ribs proceed. In wooden ve els an additional timber beneath is called the false keel. A sliding keel is a board amidships, working in a trunk in the line of the keel, and extending from the bottom to the deck. It is lowered to prevent a ve el's making leeway when sailing with a side wind. 4. Zool .: A projecting ridge along any surface, as, for instance, the back or horns of an animal. On an even keel : In a level or horizontal position. (Said of a ship.) IMG:content-0204.png:[blocks in formation] *keel (2), v. t . [A.S. célan , from col =cool (q.v.).] To cool; to keep from boiling over by scumming. keel-age (age as Ig), s. [Eng. keel ; -age .] 1. The right of demanding a toll or duty on every ship entering a harbor. 2. The duty paid by ve els on entering a harbor. keeled, a. [Eng. keel, s.; -ed.] 1. Bot .: Carinate; formed like the keel of a boat. Example, the glumes of many gra es. 2. Zool .: Having a projecting ridge along the sur face. keel-er, s. [Eng. keel (1); -er.] 1. One who a ists in the management of boats or barges; a keelman. 2. A shallow tub for holding stuff for calking ships, and other purposes.