[keel] vb [ME kelen, fr. OE celan, fr. col cool] (bef. 12c) chiefly dial: cool
[2]keel n [ME kele, fr. MD kiel; akin to OE ceol ship] (14c): a flat-bottomed barge used esp. on the Tyne to carry coal [3]keel n [ME kele, fr. ON kjolr; akin to OE ceole throat, beak of a ship--more at glutton] (14c) 1 a: the chief structural member of a boat or ship that extends longitudinally along the center of its bottom and that often projects from the bottom; also: this projection b: ship
2: a projection suggesting a keel; esp: carina -- keeled adj -- keel.less adj [4]keel vi (1832) 1: to fall in or as if in a faint--usu. used with over
2: to heel or lean precariously [5]keel n [ME (Sc dial.) keyle] (15c) chiefly dial: red ocher