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keeling
We have found lemma(root) word of keeling : keel.
Definitions
[kiːl], (Noun)
Definitions:
- the lengthwise timber or steel structure along the base of a ship, supporting the framework of the whole, in some vessels extended downwards as a ridge to increase stability
- a ridge along the breastbone of many birds to which the flight muscles are attached; the carina
- a prow-shaped pair of petals present in flowers of the pea family
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Middle English: from Old Norse kjǫlr, of Germanic origin
[kiːl], (Verb)
Definitions:
- (of a boat or ship) turn over on its side; capsize
(e.g: it's going to take more wind to make this boat keel over)
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Middle English: from Old Norse kjǫlr, of Germanic origin
[kiːl], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a flat-bottomed boat of a kind formerly used on the Tyne and Wear Rivers for loading ships carrying coal
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Middle English: from Middle Low German kēl, Middle Dutch kiel ‘ship, boat’
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