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Vakeel :: Vakeel (n.) A native attorney or agent; also, an ambassador..

Keeled :: Keeled (a.) Keel-shaped; having a longitudinal prominence on the back; as, a keeled leaf..

Careen :: Careen (v. i.) To incline to one side, or lie over, as a ship when sailing on a wind; to be off the keel..

Skeel :: Skeel (n.) A shallow wooden vessel for holding milk or cream.

Rockered :: Rockered (a.) Shaped like a rocker; curved; as, a rockered keel..

Keelson :: Keelson (n.) A piece of timber in a ship laid on the middle of the floor timbers over the keel, and binding the floor timbers to the keel; in iron vessels, a structure of plates, situated like the keelson of a timber ship..

Flat :: Flat (n.) A flat-bottomed boat, without keel, and of small draught..

Keeled :: Keeled (imp. & p. p.) of Kee.

Keel :: Keel (n.) Fig.: The whole ship.

Water Line :: Water line () Any one of several lines marked upon the outside of a vessel, corresponding with the surface of the water when she is afloat on an even keel. The lowest line indicates the vessel's proper submergence when not loaded, and is called the light water line; the highest, called the load water line, indicates her proper submergence when loaded..

Binding :: Binding (pl.) The transoms, knees, beams, keelson, and other chief timbers used for connecting and strengthening the parts of a vessel..

Gripe :: Gripe (n.) The piece of timber which terminates the keel at the fore end; the forefoot.

Squared :: Square (a.) At right angles with the mast or the keel, and parallel to the horizon; -- said of the yards of a square-rigged vessel when they are so braced..

Keeling :: Keeling (n.) A cod.

Men :: men (pl. ) of Keelma.

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.

Square :: Square (n.) To place at right angles with the keel; as, to square the yards..

Multicarinate :: Multicarinate (a.) Many-keeled.

Stem-winder :: Stemson (n.) A piece of curved timber bolted to the stem, keelson, and apron in a ship's frame near the bow..

Keel :: Keel (v. t. & i.) To cool; to skim or stir.

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