Lexicographical Neighbors of Keelhale
Literary usage of Keelhale
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"To keelhale, (keel'-hale) ua To punish in the seamen's way, by dragging the
criminal under water on one side of the ship and up again on the other. ..."
2. Adventures of a Younger Son by Edward John Trelawny (1890)
"common ones, I felt so disgusted with the tallowy brute, that I not only refused
to treat with him, but was about to treat him with a keelhale, or to throw ..."
3. Johnson's Dictionary by Samuel Johnson, John Walker (1836)
"... s. a vessel for liquor to cool keelhale, keel'-hale. va to drag under the
Keen, keen. a. sharp, eager, acrimonious. ..."
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