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modern usage in Dutch and German has approximated to the English. The word kiel is represented in old English by ceol, a word applied to the See also:

long See also:

war galleys of the Vikings, in which sense " keel " or " keele " is still used by archaeologists. On the See also:

TYNE

Tyne " keel " is the name given to a See also:

FLAT (a modification of O. Eng. flet, an obsolete word of Teutonic origin, meaning the ground beneath the feet)

flat-bottomed See also:

VESSEL (O. Fr. vaissel, from a rare Lat. vascellum, dim. of vas, vase, urn)

vessel used to carry coals to the colliers. There is another word " keel, " meaning to cool, See also:

FAMILIAR (through the Fr. familier, from Lat. familiaris, of or belonging to the familia, family)

familiar in See also:

SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM (1564-1616)

Shakespeare (Love's Labour Lost, v. ii. 930), " while greasy See also:

JOAN

Joan doth keel the pot," i.e. prevents a pot from boiling over by pouring in See also:

COLD (in O. Eng. cald and ceald, a word coming ultimately from a root cognate with the Lat. gelu, gelidus, and common in the Teutonic languages, which usually have two distinct forms for the substantive and the adjective, cf. Ger. Kolte, kalt, Dutch koude

cold See also:

WATER

water, &c., stirring or skimming. This is from the Old English celan, to cool, a See also:

COMMON

common See also:

Teutonic word, cf. German kiihlen.

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