keeve

keeve is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

Definitions

  1. 1.(Bleaching) A bleaching vat; a kier.
  2. 2.(Mining) A large vat used in dressing ores.
  3. 3.To set in a keeve, or tub, for fermentation.
  4. 4.To heave; to tilt, as a cart. [Prov. Eng.]

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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