keel

keel
n (all of a boat) bottom, bottom side, underside; board, centerboard, keelson.
2. barge, raft, float; ship, boat, vessel, bark, craft, hull, hulk, packet, watercraft, Sl. tub, Sl. bucket.
v
3. overturn, upset, capsize, overset, tip over, topple over; turn turtle, turn upside down, turn topsyturvy.
4. keel over
faint, swoon, fall in a faint, fall senseless, Inf. pass out, black out, go out like a light.

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  • Keel — (k[=e]l), v. t. & i. [AS. c[=e]lan to cool, fr. c[=o]l cool. See {Cool}.] To cool; to skim or stir. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] While greasy Joan doth keel the pot. Shak. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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