| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: | k l |
| TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: keeled, keel·ing, keels Chiefly British To make cool. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English kelen, from Old English c lan, to cool. See gel- in Appendix I.
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