Keel Meaning in Spanish

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1. (n.) The two lowest petals of the corolla of a papilionaceous flower, united and inclosing the stamens and pistil; a carina. See Carina.
2. (n.) Fig.: The whole ship.
3. (n.) A brewers cooling vat; a keelfat.
4. (v. i.) To traverse with a keel; to navigate.
5. (n.) A projecting ridge along the middle of a flat or curved surface.
6. (n.) A barge or lighter, used on the Type for carrying coal from Newcastle; also, a barge load of coal, twenty-one tons, four cwt.
7. (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 vessels frame. In an iron vessel, a combination of plates supplies the place of the keel of a wooden ship. See Illust. of Keelson.
8. (v. i.) To turn up the keel; to show the bottom.
9. (v. t. & i.) To cool; to skim or stir.
10. (n.) In a dirigible, a construction similar in form and use to a ships keel; in an aeroplane, a fin or fixed surface employed to increase stability and to hold the machine to its course.

1. (n.) The right of demanding a duty or toll for a ship entering a port; also, the duty or toll.

1. (a.) Having a median ridge; carinate; as, a keeled scale.
2. (imp. & p. p.) of Keel
3. (a.) Keel-shaped; having a longitudinal prominence on the back; as, a keeled leaf.

1. (n.) One employed in managing a Newcastle keel; -- called also keelman.
2. (n.) A small or shallow tub; esp., one used for holding materials for calking ships, or one used for washing dishes, etc.

1. (n.) A cooler; a vat for cooling wort, etc.

1. (v. i.) To haul under the keel of a ship, by ropes attached to the yardarms on each side. It was formerly practiced as a punishment in the Dutch and English navies.

1. (imp. & p. p.) of Keelhaul

1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Keelhaul

1. (n.) A cod.
2. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Keel