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Keeler :: Keeler (n.) A small or shallow tub; esp., one used for holding materials for calking ships, or one used for washing dishes, etc..

Outboard :: Outboard (a. & adv.) Beyond or outside of the lines of a vessel's bulwarks or hull; in a direction from the hull or from the keel; -- opposed to inboard; as, outboard rigging; swing the davits outboard..

Apron :: Apron (n.) A piece of carved timber, just above the foremost end of the keel..

Limber :: Limber (n.) Gutters or conduits on each side of the keelson to afford a passage for water to the pump well.

Gonys :: Gonys (n.) The keel or lower outline of a bird's bill, so far as the mandibular rami are united..

Sternsman :: Sternpost (n.) A straight piece of timber, or an iron bar or beam, erected on the extremity of the keel to support the rudder, and receive the ends of the planks or plates of the vessel..

Camberkeeled :: Camberkeeled (a.) Having the keel arched upwards, but not actually hogged; -- said of a ship..

Keel :: Keel (n.) A longitudinal timber, or series of timbers scarfed together, extending from stem to stern along the bottom of a vessel. It is the principal timber of the vessel, and, by means of the ribs attached on each side, supports the vessel's frame. In an iron vessel, a combination of plates supplies the place of the keel of a wooden ship. See Illust. of Keelson..

Skeelgoose :: Skeelgoose (n.) The common European sheldrake.

Carina :: Carina (n.) A longitudinal ridge or projection like the keel of a boat.

Centreboard :: Centreboard (n.) A movable or sliding keel formed of a broad board or slab of wood or metal which may be raised into a water-tight case amidships, when in shallow water, or may be lowered to increase the area of lateral resistance and prevent leeway when the vessel is beating to windward. It is used in vessels of all sizes along the coast of the United States.

Unicarinated :: Unicarinated (a.) Having one ridge or keel.

Lophosteon :: Lophosteon (n.) The central keel-bearing part of the sternum in birds.

Keel :: Keel (v. i.) To traverse with a keel; to navigate.

Back :: Back (n.) The keel and keelson of a ship.

Keelman :: Keelman (n.) See Keeler, 1..

Keelhauled :: Keelhauled (imp. & p. p.) of Keelhau.

Keeler :: Keeler (n.) One employed in managing a Newcastle keel; -- called also keelman.

Skeg :: Skeg (n.) The after part of the keel of a vessel, to which the rudder is attached..

Men :: men (pl. ) of Keelma.

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