<B>kebbuck</B> or <B>kebbock, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Scottish, Irish, or Dialect.) a cheese. <BR> <I>Ex. a huge kebbock--a cheese ... made with ewe-milk mixed with cow's milk (Scott).</I> </DL>
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<B>kebele, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a unit of local government in Ethiopia, established after the deposition of Emperor Haile Selassie. </DL>
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<B>Kechua, </B>noun. =Quechua.</DL>
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<B>Kechuan, </B>adjective, noun. =Quechuan.</DL>
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<B>Kechumaran, </B>noun. =Quechumaran.</DL>
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<B>keck, </B>intransitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to make a sound as if about to vomit; retch. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) to feel or show strong dislike or disgust. </DL>
<B>keckle</B> (2), transitive verb, <B>-led,</B> <B>-ling.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Nautical.) to cover (a cable or hawser) by winding with something, as to prevent chafing. </DL>
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<B>ked, </B>noun. =sheep ked.</DL>
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<B>keddah, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an enclosure, such as a log stockade, built in India to capture wild elephants by driving them into it. Also, <B>kheda,</B> <B>khedah.</B> </DL>
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<B>kedge, </B>verb, <B>kedged,</B> <B>kedging,</B> noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> to move (a ship or boat) by pulling on a rope attached to an anchor that has been dropped some distance away. <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to use such a method of moving. <DD><B> 2. </B>(of a ship or boat) to move by being warped with an anchor. <BR> <I>Ex. She went to windward as though she were kedging (Richard Henry Dana).</I> <DD><I>noun </I> a small anchor used to kedge a ship or boat or keep it clear of its main anchor. </DL>
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<B>kedge anchor,</B> =kedge.</DL>
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<B>kedger, </B>noun. =kedge.</DL>
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<B>kedgeree, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>an Indian dish of rice boiled with split peas, onions, eggs, butter, and spices. <DD><B> 2. </B>a European dish made of fish, boiled rice, eggs, and spices, served hot. </DL>
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<B>keef, </B>noun. =kef.</DL>
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<B>keek, </B>verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Scottish or Dialect.) <DD><I>v.i. </I> to peek; peep. <BR> <I>Ex. I keeked through a hole in the door (James M. Barrie).</I> <DD><I>noun </I> a peek; peep. </DL>
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<B>keel</B> (1), noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>the main timber or steel piece that extends the whole length of the bottom of a ship or boat. The whole ship is built up on the keel. <BR> <I>Ex. It has a ballast keel which gives extreme stability and seaworthiness in smooth or choppy water (Newsweek).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>the part in an aircraft resembling a ship's keel. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Archaic.) a ship. <DD><B> 4. </B>something that resembles a ship's keel in any way; under surface or lower part. <DD><B> 5. </B>(Biology.) a longitudinal ridge, as on a leaf or the breastbone of a bird, or the two fused lower petals of the flowers of many plants of the pea family; carina. <DD><B> 6. </B><B>=keelboat.</B> <DD><I>v.t. </I> to turn over; upset. <DD><I>v.i. </I> to turn upside down. <BR><I>expr. <B>keel over,</B> <DD><B> a. </B>to turn over or upside down; upset. </I> <I>Ex. The sailboat keeled over in the storm.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>to fall or cause to fall over suddenly. <DD><B> c. </B>(Informal, Figurative.) to faint. <BR> <I>Ex. The woman keeled over in the hot sun.</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>on an even keel,</B> <DD><B> a. </B>with the keel level; horizontal. </I> <I>Ex. The boat sailed on an even keel in good weather.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>(Figurative.) calm; steady; unperturbed. <BR> <I>Ex. In spite of the fracas, they remained on an even keel.</I> adj. <B>keelless.</B> </DL>
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<B>keel</B> (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a serious disease of ducks; paratyphoid fever. </DL>
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<B>keel</B> (3), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a barge or lighter used in Yorkshire, England, for loading coal. <DD><B> 2. </B>the amount of coal carried in a keel. <DD><B> 3. </B>a unit of weight for coal, equal to 47,488 pounds or 21.2 long tons. </DL>
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<B>keel</B> (4), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Scottish.) <DD><B> 1. </B>a red ocher used for marking, as for sheep, stone, and timber; ruddle. <DD><B> 2. </B>a mark made with this. </DL>
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<B>keel</B> (5),<DL COMPACT><DD> (Dialect.) <DD><I>v.t. </I> to cool, especially to cool (a pot about to boil over) by stirring, skimming, or adding cold liquid. <BR> <I>Ex. while greasy Joan doth keel the pot (Shakespeare).</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> to become cool or cold. </DL>
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<B>Keel, </B>noun. =Carina.</DL>
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<B>keelboat, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) a large, shallow barge, with a keel and covered deck, formerly used on the Missouri and other western rivers. </DL>
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<B>keeled, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having a keel. </DL>
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<B>keeler</B> (1), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Dialect.) <DD><B> 1. </B>a vessel for cooling liquids. <DD><B> 2. </B>a shallow tub for various purposes. <DD><B> 3. </B>a shallow box used in dressing mackerel. </DL>
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<B>keeler</B> (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (British.) a sailboat having a keel rather than a centerboard. <BR> <I>Ex. 846 craft, from centreboard seven-footers to lordly 70 ft. keelers, swept about the seas in ... various races (London Times).</I> </DL>
<B>keelhaul, </B>transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to haul (a person) under the keel of a ship for punishment. <BR> <I>Ex. an effigy of Judas which the crew amuse themselves with keelhauling and hanging by the neck from the yard-arms (Richard Henry Dana).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to scold severely; rebuke. </DL>
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<B>keelson, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a beam or line of timbers or iron plates fastened along the top of a ship's keel to strengthen it. Also, <B>kelson.</B> </DL>
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<B>keen</B> (1), adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>so shaped as to cut well. <BR> <I>Ex. a keen blade.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>sharp; cutting; piercing; intense. <BR> <I>Ex. a keen wind, keen hunger, keen pain, (Figurative.) keen wit.</I> (SYN) penetrating, biting, bitter. <DD><B> 3. </B>strong; vivid. <BR> <I>Ex. keen competition.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>(Figurative.) able to do its work quickly and exactly; able to perceive well. <BR> <I>Ex. a keen mind, a keen sense of smell. She had usually a keen sense of the ludicrous (Bret Harte).</I> (SYN) acute. <DD><B> 5. </B>full of enthusiasm; eager. <BR> <I>Ex. He is keen about canoeing. Never did I know a creature ... So keen and greedy to confound a man (Shakespeare).</I> (SYN) ardent. <DD><B> 6. </B>(Slang.) wonderful; perfect. adv. <B>keenly.</B> noun <B>keenness.</B> </DL>
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<B>keen</B> (2), noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a wailing lament for the dead. <DD><I>v.i. </I> to utter the keen or lamentation for the dead; wail; lament. <BR> <I>Ex. I sat on the bed and keened to myself for a moment (Punch).</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> to bewail with keening or wailing. <BR> <I>Ex. Isn't it a bitter thing to think of him floating that way ... and no one to keen him but the black hags that do be flying on the sea? (John M. Synge).</I> noun <B>keener.</B> </DL>
