keeve

English

Alternative forms

• kieve

Etymology

This definition is lacking an etymology or has an incomplete etymology. You can help Wiktionary by giving it a proper etymology. Derived from Old English "cȳf" meaning a vat. (Macdonald, A. M., ed. (1972) Chambers Twentieth Century Dictionary; new ed. Edinburgh: Chambers; p. 719)

Noun

keeve (plural keeves)

1. (brewing) A vat or tub in which the mash is made; a mash tub.
2. (bleaching) A bleaching vat; a kier.
3. (mining) A large vat used in dressing ores.

Verb

keeve (third-person singular simple present keeves, present participle keeving, simple past and past participle keeved)

1. To set in a keeve, or tub, for fermentation.
2. (Provincial English) To heave; to tilt, as a cart.

References

• keeve in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913