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KEE'LED, a. In botany, carinated; having a longitudinal prominence on the back; ...
KEE'LFAT, n. A cooler; a vessel in which liquor is set for cooling. [Not used.]
KEE'LHAUL, v.t. To haul under the keel of a ship. Keelhauling is a punishment in...
KEE'LING, n. A kind of small cod, of which stock fish is made.
KEELSON, n. kel'son. A piece of timber in a ship, laid on the middle of the floo...
KEEN, a. 1. Eager; vehement; as hungry curs too keen at the sport. The sheep wer...
KEE'NLY, adv. Eagerly; vehemently. 1. Sharply; severely; bitterly.
KEE'NNESS, n. Eagerness; vehemence; as the keenness of hunger. 1. Sharpness; fin...
KEEP, v.t. pret. and pp. kept. [L. habeo, and capio.] 1. To hold; to retain in o...
KEE'PER, n. One who keeps; one that holds or has possession of any thing. 1. One...
KEE'PERSHIP, n. The office of a keeper. [Little used.]
KEE'PING, ppr. Holding; restraining; preserving; guarding; protecting; performin...
KEE'PSAKE, n. Any thing kept, or given to be kept for the sake of the giver; a t...
KEF'FEKIL, n. A stone, white or yellow, which hardens in the fire, and of which ...
KEF'FEKILL, n. A mineral, the meerschaum, which see.
KEG, n. A small cask or barrel; written more correctly cag.