keeve
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EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. Derived from Old English "cȳf" meaning a vat. (Macdonald, A. M., ed. (1972) Chambers Twentieth Century Dictionary; new ed. Edinburgh: Chambers; p. 719)
PronunciationEdit
- Rhymes: -iːv
NounEdit
keeve (plural keeves)
- (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.
VerbEdit
keeve (third-person singular simple present keeves, present participle keeving, simple past and past participle keeved)
- To set in a keeve, or tub, for fermentation.
- (Britain, dialect) To heave; to tilt, as a cart.
ReferencesEdit
- keeve in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913