Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter K - Page 2
Kapia (n.) (Min.) The fossil resin of the kauri tree of New Zealand.
Kapnomar (n.) (Chem.) See Capnomor.
Compare: Capnomor
Capnomor (n.) (Chem.) A limpid, colorless oil with a peculiar odor, obtained from beech tar. -- Watts.
Karagane (n.) (Zool.) A species of gray fox found in Russia.
Karaism (n.) Doctrines of the Karaites.
Karaite (n.) (Eccl. Hist.) A sect of Jews who adhere closely to the letter of the Scriptures, rejecting the oral law, and allowing the Talmud no binding authority; -- opposed to the Rabbinists.
Compare: Rabbinist
Rabbinist (n.) One among the Jews who adhered to the Talmud and the traditions of the rabbins, in opposition to the Karaites, who rejected the traditions.
Karaoke (n.) 卡拉OK, A form of entertainment, originally from Japan, in which recordings of the music but not the words of popular songs are played, so that people can sing the words themselves.
Karaoke box (n. ph.) 卡拉OK機；卡拉OK場所 A karaoke box (カラオケボックス karaoke bokkusu) is a common type of karaoke establishment commonly found in East Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia and the United States. Karaoke boxes consist of multiple rooms containing karaoke equipment, usually rented out for time periods. A typical karaoke box establishment contains 10-20 (or more) such rooms as well as a main karaoke bar area in the front. Karaoke box establishments often sell refreshments.
The term karaoke box is primarily used in Japan and Hong Kong. Karaoke box establishments are commonly known as KTV (an abbreviation of karaoke television) in Taiwan, China, Cambodia, Singapore, and the United States, videoke in the Philippines, noraebang in South Korea (literally meaning singing room), karaoke room in Vietnam, and karaoke club in Sri Lanka. [1] It is also common to simply abbreviate it as K in Hong Kong Cantonese, often when used as a verb, for example 去K歌 (to go K songs) or 去唱K (to go sing K).
Karaoke (n.) Singing popular songs accompanied by a recording of an orchestra (usually in bars or nightclubs).
Karatas (n.) (Bot.) A West Indian plant of the Pineapple family ({Nidularium Karatas).
Karma (n.) [Skr.] (Buddhism, Hinduism) One's acts considered as fixing one's lot in the future existence.
Karma (n.) (Theos.) The doctrine of fate as the inflexible result of cause and effect; the theory of inevitable consequence.
Karma (n.) One's destiny; fate.
Karma (n.) (Mysticism) The supposed non-physical emanations that a person gives off, which may affect other people; vibrations.
Karma (n.) (Hinduism and Buddhism) The effects of a person's actions that determine his destiny in his next incarnation.
Karmathian (n.) One of a Mohammedan sect founded in the ninth century by Karmat.
Karn (n.) (Mining) A pile of rocks; sometimes, the solid rock. See Cairn.
Karnataka (n.) 卡納塔克邦，位於印度南部。作爲印度的資訊工業重地，該邦首府班加羅爾有「印度矽谷」之稱。
卡納塔克邦有人口超過6000萬，是印度十個人口最高的邦之一；僅是班加羅爾就有超過450萬人口，但邦內其他城市的人口都不足100萬。
Is a state in the south western region of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act. Originally known as the State of Mysore, it was renamed Karnataka in 1973. The state corresponds to the Carnatic region. The capital and largest city is Bangalore (Bengaluru).
Karnataka is bordered by the Arabian Sea to the west, Goa to the northwest, Maharashtra to the north, Telangana to the northeast, Andhra Pradesh to the east, Tamil Nadu to the southeast, and Kerala to the south. The state covers an area of 191,976 square kilometres (74,122 sq mi), or 5.83 percent of the total geographical area of India. It is the seventh largest Indian state by area. With 61,130,704 inhabitants at the 2011 census, Karnataka is the eighth largest state by population, comprising 30 districts. Kannada, one of the classical languages of India, is the most widely spoken and official language of the state alongside Konkani, Tulu, Tamil, Telugu, Kodava, Beary. Karnataka also has the only 3 naturally Sanskrit-speaking districts in India.
The two main river systems of the state are the Krishna and its tributaries, the Bhima, Ghataprabha, Vedavathi, Malaprabha, and Tungabhadra, in the north, and the Kaveri and its tributaries, the Hemavati, Shimsha, Arkavati, Lakshmana Thirtha and Kabini, in the south. Most of these rivers flow out of Karnataka eastward, reaching the sea at the Bay of Bengal.
Though several etymologies have been suggested for the name Karnataka, the generally accepted one is that Karnataka is derived from the Kannada words karu and nādu, meaning "elevated land". Karu nadu may also be read as karu, meaning "black", and nadu, meaning "region", as a reference to the black cotton soil found in the Bayalu Seeme region of the state. The British used the word Carnatic, sometimes Karnatak, to describe both sides of peninsular India, south of the Krishna. [7]
With an antiquity that dates to the paleolithic, Karnataka has been home to some of the most powerful empires of ancient and medieval India. The philosophers and musical bards patronised by these empires launched socio-religious and literary movements which have endured to the present day. Karnataka has contributed significantly to both forms of Indian classical music, the Carnatic and Hindustani traditions.
Karob (n.) The twenty-fourth part of a grain; -- a weight used by goldsmiths. -- Crabb.
Karpholite (n.) (Min.) A fibrous mineral occurring in tufts of a straw-yellow color. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and manganese.
Karroos (n. pl. ) of Karroo.
Karroo (n.) One of the dry table-lands of South Africa, which often rise terracelike to considerable elevations. [Also karoo.]
The Great Karroo, or The Karroo, A vast plateau, in Cape Colony, stretching through five degrees of longitude, at an elevation of about 3,000 feet.
Karstenite (n.) Same as Anhydrite.
Compare: Anhydrite
Anhydrite (n.) [See Anhydrous.] (Min.) A mineral of a white or a slightly bluish color, usually massive. It is anhydrous sulphate of lime, and differs from gypsum in not containing water (whence the name).
Karvel (n.) [Obs.] See Carvel, and Caravel.
Karyokinesis (n.) (Biol.) The indirect division of cells in which, prior to division of the cell protoplasm, complicated changes take place in the nucleus, attended with movement of the nuclear fibrils; -- opposed to karyostenosis. The nucleus becomes enlarged and convoluted, and finally the threads are separated into two groups which ultimately become disconnected and constitute the daughter nuclei. Called also mitosis. See Cell development, under Cell.
Karyokinesis (n.) The changes that occur in the nucleus of a cell, especially movements of the chromosomes, in the process of cell division.
Karyokinesis (n.) Organic process consisting of the division of the nucleus of a cell during mitosis or meiosis.
Karyokinetic (a.) (Biol.) Of or pertaining to karyokinesis; as, karyokinetic changes of cell division.
Karyokinetic (a.) Of or relating to the division of the nucleus of a cell during mitosis or meiosis.
Karyomiton (n.) (Biol.) The reticular network of fine fibers, of which the nucleus of a cell is in part composed; -- in opposition to kytomiton, or the network in the body of the cell. -- W. Flemming. karyoplasm
Karyoplasma (n.) (Biol.) The protoplasmic substance of the nucleus of a cell: nucleoplasm; -- in opposition to kytoplasma, the protoplasm of the cell.
Karyostenosis (n.) (Biol.) Direct cell division (in which there is first a simple division of the nucleus, without any changes in its structure, followed by division of the protoplasm of the cell); -- in opposition to karyokinesis.
Kasack (n.) (Ethnol.) Same as Cossack.
Compare: Cossack
Cossack (n.) 哥薩克人；哥薩克騎兵；【美】騎馬巡警 One of a warlike, pastoral people, skillful as horsemen, inhabiting different parts of the Russian empire and furnishing valuable contingents of irregular cavalry to its armies, those of Little Russia and those of the Don forming the principal divisions.
Cossack (n.) A member of a Slavic people living in southern European Russia and Ukraine and adjacent parts of Asia and noted for their horsemanship and military skill; they formed an elite cavalry corps in czarist Russia.
Kashmir (n.) An area in southwestern Asia whose sovereignty is disputed between Pakistan and India [syn: Kashmir, Cashmere, Jammu and Kashmir].
Kashmir (n.) (Proper noun) 克什米爾 A region on the northern border of India and northeastern Pakistan. Formerly a state of India, it has been disputed between India and Pakistan since partition in 1947, with sporadic outbreaks of fighting. The northwestern part is controlled by Pakistan, most of it forming the state of Azad Kashmir, while the remainder is incorporated into the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir.
Kat (n.) (Bot.) An Arabian shrub ({Catha edulis) the leaves of which are used as tea by the Arabs.
Kat (n.) The leaves of the shrub Catha edulis which are chewed like tobacco or used to make tea; has the effect of a euphoric stimulant; "in Yemen kat is used daily by 85% of adults" [syn: kat, khat, qat, quat, cat, Arabian tea, African tea].
Katabatic (a.) 下降的 Of an air current or wind; moving downward or down a slope because of cooling especially at night [syn: {katabatic}, {catabatic}] [ant: {anabatic}].
Katabolic (a.) (Physiol.) Of or pertaining to catabolism; same as catabolic.
Compare: Catabolic
Catabolic (a.) [Formerly spelled katabolic.] Of or pertaining to catabolism; as, catabolic processes, which give rise to substances (katastates) of decreasing complexity and increasing stability.
Catabolic (a.) Characterized by destructive metabolism; contrasted with anabolic.
Katabolic (a.) Relating to or characterized by catabolism [syn: catabolic, katabolic].
Katabolic (a.) Characterized by destructive metabolism [syn: catabolic, katabolic] [ant: anabolic].
Katabolic (a.) 分解代謝的 Of or pertaining to katabolism; as, katabolic processes, which give rise to substances (katastates) of decreasing complexity and increasing stability.
Katabolism (n.) (Physiol.) 異化 [分解] 作用 Destructive or downward metabolism; regressive metamorphism; -- opposed to anabolism. See Disassimilation.
Compare: Catabolism
Catabolism (n.) The breakdown of more complex substances into simpler ones with release of energy, in living organisms; destructive or downward metabolism; -- a form of metabolism, opposed to anabolism. See also Disassimilation. [Formerly spelled katabolism.]
Syn: katabolism, dissimilation, destructive metabolism.
Katabolism (n.) Breakdown in living organisms of more complex substances into simpler ones together with release of energy [syn: catabolism, katabolism, dissimilation, destructive metabolism] [ant: anabolism, constructive metabolism].
Katastate (n.) (Physiol.) A substance formed by a catabolic process; -- opposed to {anastate}. See {Catabolic}.
Kate (n.) (Zool.) The brambling finch.
Kathetal (a.) (Math.) Making a right angle; perpendicular, as two lines or two sides of a triangle, which include a right angle.
Kathetometer (n.) Same as Cathetometer.
Compare: Cathetometer
Cathetometer (n.) An instrument for the accurate measurement of small differences of height; esp. of the differences in the height of the upper surfaces of two columns of mercury or other fluid, or of the same column at different times. It consists of a telescopic leveling apparatus (d), which slides up or down a perpendicular metallic standard very finely graduated (bb). The telescope is raised or depressed in order to sight the objects or surfaces, and the differences in vertical height are thus shown on the graduated standard. [Written also kathetometer.]
Kathmandu (n.) 加德滿都，是尼泊爾的首都也是尼泊爾最大的城市。加德滿都的海拔約1350米，三面環山，市區即於山間的加德滿都谷地之中，氣候宜人，有「山中天堂」之美譽。
Kathmandu, is the capital city and largest city of Nepal with a population of around 1 million. Kathmandu is also the largest metropolis in the Himalayan hill region. Nepali is the most spoken language in the city.
Kathmandu, also known as City of Temples stands at an elevation of approximately 1,400 metres (4,600 feet) above sea level in the bowl-shaped Kathmandu Valley of central Nepal. The valley is historically termed as "Nepal Mandala" and has been the home of Newar culture, a cosmopolitan urban civilisation in the Himalayas foothills. The city was the royal capital of the Kingdom of Nepal and hosts palaces, mansions and gardens of the Nepalese aristocracy. It has been home to the headquarters of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) since 1985. Today, it is the seat of government of the Nepalese republic established in 2008; and is part of the Province No. 3 in Nepalese administrative geography.
Kathmandu is and has been for many years the centre of Nepal's history, art, culture and economy. It has a multiethnic population within a Hindu and Buddhist majority. It is also the home of the Newars. Religious and cultural festivities form a major part of the lives of people residing in Kathmandu.
Tourism is an important part of the economy; in 2013, Kathmandu was ranked third among the top ten upcoming travel destinations in the world by Trip Advisor, and ranked first in Asia. The city is the gateway to the Nepalese Himalayas, and home to seven world heritage sites: the Durbar Squares of Hanuman Dhoka, Patan and Bhaktapur; the Stupas of Swayambhunath and Baudhanath; and the temples of Pashupati and Changu Narayan. There are also seven casinos in the city.
Historic areas of Kathmandu were severely damaged by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake on 25 April 2015. Some of the buildings have been restored and some are in the process of reconstruction.
Kathmandu (n.) The capital and largest city of Nepal [syn: Kathmandu, Katmandu, capital of Nepal]
Kattinumdoo (n.) A caoutchouc like substance obtained from the milky juice of the East Indian Euphorbia Kattimundoo. It is used as a cement.
Katydid (n.) (Zool.) A large, green, arboreal, orthopterous insect ({Cyrtophyllus concavus) of the family Locustidae, common in the United States. The males have stridulating organs at the bases of the front wings. During the summer and autumn, in the evening, the males make a peculiar, loud, shrill sound, resembling the combination Katy-did, whence the name.
Katzenjammer (n.) 混亂；騷亂；因宿醉引起的頭痛 Hangover.
Katzenjammer (n.) Distress, depression, or confusion resembling that caused by a hangover.
Katzenjammer (n.) A discordant clamor.
Did You Know? Have you ever heard a cat wailing and felt that you could relate? Apparently some hungover German speakers once did. Katzenjammer comes from German Katze (meaning "cat") and Jammer (meaning "distress" or "misery"). English speakers borrowed the word for their hangovers (and other distressful inner states) in the first half of the 19th century and eventually applied it to outer commotion as well. The word isn't as popular in English today as it was around the mid-20th century, but it's well-known to many because of The Katzenjammer Kids, a long-running comic strip featuring the incorrigibly mischievous twins Hans and Fritz.
Katzenjammer (n.) [Mass noun] [US] [Dated, informal] 〈陽〉 酩酊大醉後的難受，酒後頭痛，宿醉，殘留物，遺物，良心的譴責，內疚 Confusion; uproar.
Katzenjammer (n.) A hangover; a severe headache resulting from a hangover.
Kauri (n.) [Native name.] (Bot.) A tall coniferous tree of New Zealand Agathis australis, or Dammara australis), having white straight-grained wood furnishing valuable timber and also yielding one kind of dammar resin. [Written also kaudi, kaury, cowdie, and cowrie.]
Kauri (n.) (a) Kauri resin.
Kauri (n.) (b) By extension, any of various species of Dammara; as, the red kauri ({Dammara lanceolata). Kauri gum, Kauri resin.
Kauri (n.) [Native name.] (Bot.) A tall coniferous tree of New Zealand {Agathis australis}, or {Dammara australis}), having white straight-grained wood furnishing valuable timber and also yielding one kind of {dammar resin}. [Written also {kaudi}, {kaury}, {cowdie}, and {cowrie}.]
Kauri (n.) (a) Kauri resin.
Kauri (n.) (b) By extension, any of various species of {Dammara}; as, the red kauri ({Dammara lanceolata}). Kauri gum; Kauri resin
Kauri (n.) Resin of the kauri trees of New Zealand; found usually as a fossil; also collected for making varnishes and linoleum [syn: {kauri}, {kauri copal}, {kauri resin}, {kauri gum}].
Kauri (n.) Tall timber tree of New Zealand having white straight-grained wood [syn: {kauri}, {kaury}, {Agathis australis}].
Kauri (n.) White close-grained wood of a tree of the genus Agathis especially Agathis australis.
Kava (n.) [Polynesian.] (Bot.) Macropiper ({Macropiper methysticum"> A species of Macropiper ({Macropiper methysticum), the long pepper, from the root of which an intoxicating beverage is made by the Polynesians, by a process of mastication; also, the beverage itself. [Written also kawa, kava, and ava.]
Kava (n) An alcoholic drink made from the aromatic roots of the kava shrub [syn: kava, kavakava].
Kavasses (n. pl. ) of Kavass.
Kavass (n.) An armed constable; also, a government servant or courier. [Turkey]
Kaw (v. i. & n.) See Caw.
Kawaka (n.) (Bot.) A New Zealand tree, the Cypress cedar ({Libocedrus Doniana), having a valuable, fine-grained, reddish wood.
Kawaka (n.) New Zealand timber tree resembling the cypress [syn: kawaka, Libocedrus plumosa].
Compare: Khan
Khan (n.) A king; a prince; a chief; a governor; -- so called among the Tartars, Turks, and Persians, and in countries now or formerly governed by them.
Khan (n.) An Eastern inn or caravansary. [Written also kawn.]
Compare: Cham
Cham (n.) [See Khan.] The sovereign prince of Tartary; -- now usually written khan. -- Shak.
Khan (n.) A title given to rulers or other important people in Asian countries.
Khan (n.) An inn in some eastern countries with a large courtyard that provides accommodation for caravans [syn: caravansary, caravanserai, khan, caravan inn].
Kawn (n.) An inn. [Turkey] See Khan.
Kayak (n.) (Naut.) A light canoe, made of skins stretched over a frame, and usually capable of carrying but one person, who sits amidships and uses a double-bladed paddle. It is peculiar to the Eskimos and other Arctic tribes.
Kayak (n.) A small canoe consisting of a light frame made watertight with animal skins; used by Eskimos.
Kayak (v.) Travel in a small canoe; "we kayaked down the river."
Kayaker (n.) One who uses a kayak.
Kayko (n.) (Zool.) The dog salmon.
Kayles (n. pl.) A game; ninepins. [Prov Eng.] -- Carew.
Kaynard (n.) A lazy or cowardly person; a rascal. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Kecked (imp. & p. p.) of Keck.
Kecking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Keck.
Keck (v. i.) To heave or to retch, as in an effort to vomit. [R.] -- Swift.
Keck (n.) An effort to vomit; queasiness. [R.]
Keckle (v. i. & n.) See Keck, v. i. & n.
Keckled (imp. & p. p.) of Keckle.
Keckling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Keckle.
Keckle (v. t.) (Naut.) To wind old rope around, as a cable, to preserve its surface from being fretted, or to wind iron chains around, to defend from the friction of a rocky bottom, or from the ice. -- Totten.
Keckling (n.) Old rope or iron chains wound around a cable. See Keckle, v. t.
Kecklish (a.) Inclined to vomit; squeamish. [R.] -- Holland.
Kecksies (n. pl. ) of Kecksy.
Kecksy (n.) (Bot.) The hollow
stalk of an umbelliferous plant, such as the cow parsnip or the hemlock.
[Written also kex, and in pl., kecks, kaxes.]
Nothing teems But hateful docks, rough thistles, kecksies, burs. -- Shak.
Kecky (a.) Resembling a kecksy. -- Grew.
Kedge (n.) (Naut.) A small anchor used whenever a large one can be dispensed witch. See Kedge, v. t., and Anchor, n.
Kedged (imp. & p. p.) of Kedge.
Kedging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Kedge.
Kedge (v. i.) (Naut.) To move (a vessel) by carrying out a kedge in a boat, dropping it overboard, and hauling the vessel up to it.
Kedger (n.) (Naut.) A small anchor; a kedge.
Kedlock (n.) (Bot.) See Charlock.
Compare: Charlock
Charlock (n.) (Bot.) A cruciferous plant ({Brassica sinapistrum) with yellow flowers; wild mustard. It is troublesome in grain fields. Called also chardock, chardlock, chedlock, and kedlock.
Jointed charlock, White charlock, A troublesome weed ({Raphanus Raphanistrum) with straw-colored, whitish, or purplish flowers, and jointed pods: wild radish.
Kee (n. pl.) See Kie, Ky, and Kine. [Prov. Eng.] -- Gay.
Keech (n.) A mass or lump of fat rolled up by the butcher. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Keel (v. t. & i.) To cool; to skim or stir. [Obs.]
While greasy Joan doth keel the pot. -- Shak.
Keel (n.) A brewer's cooling vat; a keelfat.
Keel (n.) (Shipbuilding) 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 vessel's frame. In an iron vessel, a combination of plates supplies the place of the keel of a wooden ship. See Illust. of Keelson.
Keel (n.) Fig.: The whole ship.
Keel (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. [Eng.]
Keel (n.) (Bot.) The two lowest petals of the corolla of a papilionaceous flower, united and inclosing the stamens and pistil; a carina. See Carina.
Keel (n.) (Nat. Hist.) A projecting ridge along the middle of a flat or curved surface.
Keel (n.) (Aeronautics) In a dirigible, a construction similar in form and use to a ship's keel; in an a["e]roplane, a fin or fixed surface employed to increase stability and to hold the machine to its course.
Bilge keel (Naut.), A keel peculiar to ironclad vessels,extending only a portion of the length of the vessel underthe bilges. -- Ham. Nav. Encyc.
False keel. See under False.
Keel boat. (a) A covered freight boat, with a keel, but no sails, used on Western rivers. [U. S.]
Keel boat. (b) A low, flat-bottomed freight boat. See Keel, n., 3.
Keel piece, One of the timbers or sections of which a keel is composed.
On even keel, In a level or horizontal position, so that the draught of water at the stern and the bow is the same. -- Ham. Nav. Encyc.
On an even keel (a. & adv.) Steady; balanced; steadily.
Keeled (imp. & p. p.) of Keel.
Keeling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Keel.
Keel (v. i.) To traverse with a keel; to navigate.
Keel (v. i.) To turn up the keel; to show the bottom.
To keel over, To upset; to capsize. [Colloq.]
Keel (n.) A projection or ridge that suggests a keel.
Keel (n.) The median ridge on the breastbone of birds that fly.
Keel (n.) One of the main longitudinal beams (or plates) of the hull of a vessel; can extend vertically into the water to provide lateral stability.
Keel (v.) Walk as if unable to control one's movements; "The drunken man staggered into the room" [syn: stagger, reel, keel, lurch, swag, careen].
Keelage (n.) The right of demanding a duty or toll for a ship entering a port; also, the duty or toll. --Bouvier. Wharton.
Keeled (a.) (Bot.) Keel-shaped; having a longitudinal prominence on the back; as, a keeled leaf.
Keeled (a.) (Zool.) Having a median ridge; carinate; as, a keeled scale.
Keeled (a.) Having a ridge or shaped like a ridge or suggesting the keel of a ship; "a carinate sepal" [syn: ridged, carinate, carinated, keeled].
Keeler (n.) One employed in managing a Newcastle keel; -- called also keelman.
Keeler (n.) A small or shallow tub; esp., one used for holding materials for calking ships, or one used for washing dishes, etc.
Keeler, CA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in California
Population (2000): 66
Housing Units (2000): 67
Land area (2000): 1.203209 sq. miles (3.116296 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.203209 sq. miles (3.116296 sq. km)
FIPS code: 37918
Located within: California (CA), FIPS 06
Location: 36.487943 N, 117.872623 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Keeler, CA
Keeler
Keelfat (n.) (Brewing) A cooler; a vat for cooling wort, etc. [Written also keelvat.] -- Johnson.
Keelhauled (imp. & p. p.) of Keelhaul.
Keelhauling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Keelhaul.
Keelhaul (v. i.) (Naut.) 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. -- Totten.
Keeling (n.) (Zool.) A cod.
Keelivine (n.) A pencil of black or red lead; -- called also keelyvine pen. [Scot.] -- Sir W. Scott.
-{men (n. pl. ) of Keelman.
Keelman (n.) See Keeler, 1.
Keelrake (v. t.) (Naut.) Same as Keelhaul.
Keels (n. pl.) Ninepins. See Kayles.
Keels. () This word is applied, in England, to vessels employed in the carriage of coals. Jacob, L. D.
Keelson (n.) (Shipbuilding) A piece of timber in a ship laid on the middle of the floor timbers over the keel, and binding the floor timbers to the keel; in iron vessels, a structure of plates, situated like the keelson of a timber ship.
Cross keelson, A similar structure lying athwart the main keelson, to support the engines and boilers.
Keelson (n.) A longitudinal beam connected to the keel of ship to strengthen it.
Compare: Keelfat
Keelfat (n.) (Brewing) A cooler; a vat for cooling wort, etc. [Written also keelvat.] -- Johnson.
Keelvat (n.) See Keelfat.
Keen (v. t.) 為……慟哭 To sharpen; to make cold. [R.]
Cold winter keens the brightening flood. -- Thomson.
Keen (a.) 熱心的，熱衷的，深切的 [（+on）] [+to-v]；渴望的，極想的 [F] [（+on）] [+to-v]； 敏銳的，敏捷的；鋒利的，銳利的；激烈的；強烈的；尖刻的 Sharp; having a fine edge or point; as, a keen razor, or a razor with a keen edge.
A bow he bare and arwes [arrows] bright and kene. -- Chaucer.
That my keen knife see not the wound it makes. -- Shak.
Keen (a.) Acute of mind; sharp; penetrating; having or expressing mental acuteness; as, a man of keen understanding; a keen look; keen features.
To make our wits more keen. -- Shak.
Before the keen inquiry of her thought. -- Cowper.
Keen (a.) Bitter; piercing; acrimonious; cutting; stinging; severe; as, keen satire or sarcasm.
Good father cardinal, cry thou amen To my keen curses. -- Shak.
Keen (a.) Piercing; penetrating; cutting; sharp; -- applied to cold, wind, etc, ; as, a keen wind; the cold is very keen.
Breasts the keen air, and carols as he goes. -- Goldsmith.
Keen (a.) Eager; vehement; fierce; as, a keen appetite. "Of full kene will." -- Piers Plowman.
So keen and greedy to confound a man. -- Shak.
Keen (a.) Wonderful; delightful; marvelous; as, that would be keen. [slang]
Note: Keen is often used in the composition of words, most of which are of obvious signification; as, keen-edged, keen-eyed, keen-sighted, keen-witted, etc.
Syn: Prompt; eager; ardent; sharp; acute; cutting; penetrating; biting; severe; sarcastic; satirical; piercing; shrewd.
Keen (n.) 慟哭；哀號；輓歌 A prolonged wail for a deceased person. Cf. Coranach. [Ireland] -- Froude.
Keen (v. i.) 慟哭 To wail as a keener does. [Ireland]
Keen (a.) Having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions; "an acute observer of politics and politicians"; "incisive comments"; "icy knifelike reasoning"; "as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a fang"; "penetrating insight"; "frequent penetrative observations" [syn: acute, discriminating, incisive, keen, knifelike, penetrating, penetrative, piercing, sharp].
Keen (a.) Intense or sharp; "suffered exquisite pain"; "felt exquisite pleasure" [syn: exquisite, keen].
Keen (a.) Very good; "he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car"; "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing" [syn: bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad(p), peachy, slap-up, swell, smashing].
Keen (a.) Painful as if caused by a sharp instrument; "a cutting wind"; "keen winds"; "knifelike cold"; "piercing knifelike pains"; "piercing cold"; "piercing criticism"; "a stabbing pain"; "lancinating pain" [syn: cutting, keen, knifelike, piercing, stabbing, lancinate, lancinating].
Keen (a.) Having a sharp cutting edge or point; "a keen blade."
Keen (n.) A funeral lament sung with loud wailing.
Keen (v.) Express grief verbally; "we lamented the death of the child" [syn: lament, keen].
Keener (n.) A professional mourner who wails at a funeral. [Ireland]
Keener, NC -- U.S. Census Designated Place in North Carolina
Population (2000): 508
Housing Units (2000): 241
Land area (2000): 11.162425 sq. miles (28.910546 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.004638 sq. miles (0.012013 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 11.167063 sq. miles (28.922559 sq. km)
FIPS code: 35340
Located within: North Carolina (NC), FIPS 37
Location: 35.113109 N, 78.315317 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
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