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Keel   /kil/   Listen
Keel

noun
1.
A projection or ridge that suggests a keel.
2.
The median ridge on the breastbone of birds that fly.
3.
One of the main longitudinal beams (or plates) of the hull of a vessel; can extend vertically into the water to provide lateral stability.
verb
(past & past part. keeled; pres. part. keeling)
1.
Walk as if unable to control one's movements.  Synonyms: careen, lurch, reel, stagger, swag.



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"Keel" Quotes from Famous Books



... few moments the decoys were stacked to prevent drifting, and the boat covered so that no snow could penetrate. A pair of small oars were first, however, removed, which were set upright at either extremity of the boat, and in direct line with the keel. ...
— Adrift in the Ice-Fields • Charles W. Hall
... and we will catch you," he cried out, as the boat pulled close to the keel of the brig, the rigging preventing her ...
— The Three Admirals • W.H.G. Kingston
... moored a boat. It was not such a craft as the Greyhound, in which Fanny had been accustomed to sail; it was a bateau, or flat-bottomed boat, with very sharp slopes under the bow and stern. It had a keel and rudder, and was ...
— Hope and Have - or, Fanny Grant Among the Indians, A Story for Young People • Oliver Optic
... the halcyon days of the bush. My husband had purchased a very light cedar canoe, to which he attached a keel and a sail; and most of our leisure hours, directly the snows melted, were spent ...
— Roughing it in the Bush • Susanna Moodie
... Chater was a loud young man, emanating a swaggering air that the term "side" well fitted. To have some conceit of oneself is an excellent affair. The possession is a keel that gives to the craft a dignified balance upon the stream of life—prevents it from being sailed too close to mud; helps maintain stability in sudden gale. Other craft are keelless—they are canoes; bobbing, unsteady, likely to capsize in sudden ...
— Once Aboard The Lugger • Arthur Stuart-Menteth Hutchinson


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