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Keel vs Jeel - What's the difference?

keel | jeel |

As nouns the difference between keel and jeel

is that keel is skittle, pin while jeel is .

keel

English

(wikipedia keel)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (nautical) A large beam along the underside of a ship’s hull from bow to stern.
  • (nautical) Sometimes, a rigid, flat piece of material anchored to the lowest part of the hull of a ship to give it greater control and stability.
  • (nautical) A type of flat-bottomed boat.
  • A material similar to chalk or crayon used to mark pavement.
  • (zoology) The periphery of a whorl extended to form a more or less flattened plate; a prominent spiral ridge.
  • (botany) The two lowest petals of the corolla of a papilionaceous flower, united and enclosing the stamens and pistil; a carina.
  • A brewer's cooling vat.

    • Derived terms

    * even keel * keelhaul * keel over

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to collapse, to fall
    • He keeled over after having a stroke.
  • To traverse with a keel; to navigate.
  • To turn up the keel; to show the bottom.

    • Derived terms

    * keel over

    Anagrams

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    jeel

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • * 1820 , Walter Hamilton, A Geographical, Statistical, and Historical Description of Hindostan and the Adjacent Countries , Volume 1, page 246,
    • The pieces of stagnant water may be divided into jeels which contain water throughout the year, and chaongre which dry up in the cold season.
  • * 1827 , East India Company, Journey across the Arracan Mountains'', ''The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Miscellany , Volume 23, page 16,
    • On the banks of this jeel the party encamped, about two miles from the village.
  • * 1827 , The Burmese War: Operations on the Sihet Frontier, 1824'', ''The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British India and Its Dependencies , Volume 24, page 551,
    • The reports of some hircarrahs having induced a belief that a short passage might be discovered across the jeels from the Gogra towards Tilyn, Lieut. Fisher, of the Quarter-Master General's department, was despatched to reconnoitre the outlets from that river, accompanied by Lieut. Craigie and five sipahees, in two dingees.