Keel vs Kell - What's the difference?
keel | kell |
(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.
to collapse, to fall
To traverse with a keel; to navigate.
To turn up the keel; to show the bottom.
(obsolete) The caul.
(obsolete, figurative) That which covers or envelops, like a caul; a net; a fold; a film.
* Beaumont and Fletcher
(obsolete) The cocoon or chrysalis of an insect.
As nouns the difference between keel and kell
is that keel is skittle, pin while kell is (obsolete) the caul or kell can be a kiln or kell can be a sort of pottage; kale.keel
English
(wikipedia keel)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* even keel * keelhaul * keel overVerb
(en verb)- He keeled over after having a stroke.
Derived terms
* keel overAnagrams
* ----kell
English
Etymology 1
Compare caul.Noun
(en noun)- I'll have him cut to the kell .
- (Ben Jonson)