The dead body of such a bird, said in Tudor times to act as a weather vane when hung from a beam.
A kingfisher whose nesting by the sea was said, in classical mythology, to cause the Gods to restrain the wind and waves.
A tropical kingfisher of the genus Halcyon, such as the sacred kingfisher (Halcyon sancta) of Australia.
Pertaining to the halcyon or kingfisher.
Calm, undisturbed, peaceful, serene.
A large beam along the underside of a ship’s hull from bow to stern.
A broad, flat vessel used for cooling liquids; a brewer's cooling vat; a keelfat.
In a dirigible, a construction similar in form and use to a ship's keel; in an aeroplane, a fin or fixed surface employed to increase stability and to hold the machine to its course.
The two lowest petals of the corolla of a papilionaceous flower, united and enclosing the stamens and pistil; a carina.
A rigid, flat piece of material anchored to the lowest part of the hull of a ship to give it greater control and stability.
Red chalk; ruddle.
The rigid bottom part of something else, especially an iceberg.
A type of flat-bottomed boat.
The periphery of a whorl extended to form a more or less flattened plate; a prominent spiral ridge.
To turn up the keel; to show the bottom.
to collapse, to fall
To traverse with a keel; to navigate.
To mark with ruddle.