drop keel

drop keel
centerboard.
[1895-1900]

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  • keel over — keel o ver, v. i. To drop down in a faint, or as if dead; to die. [Colloq.] [PJC] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • drop — 1. verb 1) Eric dropped the box Syn: let fall, let go of, lose one s grip on; release, unhand, relinquish Ant: lift, hold on to 2) water drops from the cave roof Syn …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • keel — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. turn (over), keel over, fall down, drop like a log. See obliquity, inversion. n. bar or false keel; centerboard. See ship. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. board, bottom timber, keelson; see base 3 , bottom 1 …   English dictionary for students

  • drop — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. let fall; give up, abandon; fall, plunge; faint, collapse; cease, terminate, end; drip; dismiss, let go. See descent, relinquishment, impotence. n. globule, bead; minim; bit, mite; descent. See… …   English dictionary for students

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