1. (Brewing) A vat or tub in which the mash is made; a mash tub. Ure.
2. (Bleaching) A bleaching vat; a kier.
3. (Mining) A large vat used in dressing ores.
Keeve
(Keeve), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Keeved ; p. pr. & vb. n. Keeving.]
1. To set in a keeve, or tub, for fermentation.
2. To heave; to tilt, as a cart. [Prov. Eng.]
Keever
(Keev"er) n. See Keeve, n.
Keffe-kil
(Kef"fe-kil) n. (Min.) See Kiefekil.
Keg
(Keg) n. [Earlier cag, Icel. kaggi; akin to Sw. kagge.] A small cask or barrel.
Keilhauite
(Keil"hau*ite) n. (Min.) A mineral of a brownish black color, related to titanite in form. It
consists chiefly of silica, titanium dioxide, lime, and yttria.
Keir
(Keir) n. See Kier.
Keitloa
(||Keit*lo"a) n. [Native name.] (Zoöl.) A black, two-horned, African rhinoceros It has the posterior
horn about as long as the anterior one, or even longer.
Keld
(Keld) a. [Cf. Cavl.] Having a kell or covering; webbed. [Obs.] Drayton.
Kele
(Kele) v. t. [See Keel to cool.] To cool. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Kell
(Kell) n. A kiln. [Obs.]
Kell
(Kell), n. [A modification of kale.] A sort of pottage; kale. See Kale, 2. Ainsworth.
Kell
(Kell), n. [Cf. Caul.]
1. The caul; that which covers or envelops as a caul; a net; a fold; a film. [Obs.]
I'll have him cut to the kell.
Beau. & Fl. 2. The cocoon or chrysalis of an insect. B. Jonson.
Keloid
(Ke"loid) a. [Gr. tumor + - oid.] (Med.) Applied to a variety of tumor forming hard, flat, irregular
excrescences upon the skin. — n. A keloid tumor.
Kelotomy
(Ke*lot"o*my) n. (Med.) See Celotomy.
Kelp
(Kelp) n. [Formerly kilpe; of unknown origin.]
1. The calcined ashes of seaweed, — formerly much used in the manufacture of glass, now used in the
manufacture of iodine.
2. (Bot.) Any large blackish seaweed.
Laminaria is the common kelp of Great Britain; Macrocystis pyrifera and Nereocystis Lutkeana are the
great kelps of the Pacific Ocean.
