Kier vs Keeve - What's the difference?
kier | keeve | Synonyms |
A bleaching vat.
* 1934 , Harry Bennett, Two Thousand Formulas, Recipes & Trade Secrets: The Classic “Do-It-Yourself” Book of Practical Everyday Chemistry ,
* 1999 , Samir Ranjan Karmakar, Chemical Technology In The Pre-Treatment Processes Of Textiles , Elsevier,
* 2007 , Sarah Tarlow, The Archaeology of Improvement in Britain, 1750-1850 , Cambridge University Press,
(brewing) A vat or tub in which the mash is made; a mash tub.
(bleaching) A bleaching vat; a kier.
(mining) A large vat used in dressing ores.
To set in a keeve, or tub, for fermentation.
(UK, dialect) To heave; to tilt, as a cart.
Keeve is a synonym of kier.
As nouns the difference between kier and keeve
is that kier is a bleaching vat while keeve is (brewing) a vat or tub in which the mash is made; a mash tub.As a verb keeve is
to set in a keeve, or tub, for fermentation.kier
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Alternative forms
* keirNoun
(en noun)page 265,
- The oil is added to the saturated liquor, which is afterwards introduced into the kier . There is no change required in the bleaching operation.
page 65,
- The traditional sequence of pre-treatment is shortened by single stage bleaching, where kiers are still in use.
page 166,
- Inside the typically long, narrow bleaching crofts were cisterns for bleaching cotton yarn, now represented by sunken stone tanks, and sealed vats called ‘kiers'’ for bleaching cloth. The ' kiers would have been two storeys high and made of metal, but now all that remains are the footings and brackets that show where they once stood (2004: 99).