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Traditional English :: keelless
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keelless - n. & v. --n. 1 the lengthwise timber or steel structure along the base of a ship, airship, or some aircraft, on which the framework of the whole is built up.
2 poet. a ship.
3 a ridge along the breastbone of many birds; a carina.
4 Bot. a prow-shaped pair of petals in a corolla etc. --v. 1 (often foll. by over) a intr. turn over or fall down. b tr. cause to do this.
2 tr. & intr. turn keel upwards. keelless adj. [ME kele f. ON kjælr f. Gmc] |
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