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Definition of Keened
1. keen [v] - See also: keen
Lexicographical Neighbors of Keened
Literary usage of Keened
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Shoemaker's Best Selections for Readings and Recitations by Jacob W. Shoemaker, R. W. Shoemaker, C. C. Shoemaker (1909)
"The wind it keened, and keened, and keened, Through the rigging stiff and bare; •
And " Death!" and " Death!" and ever " Death!" Was the word 'twas crying ..."
2. Transactions of the Philological Society by Philological Society (Great Britain). (1867)
"keened : the hands are said to be keened with the frost, when the skin is broken
or cracked, and a sore produced. Keens, n. cracks in the hands ; applied to ..."
3. A Glossary of the Dialect of the Hundred of Lonsdale, North and South of the by Robert Backhouse Peacock (1869)
"Keen, n. caustic. Keen, vt to burn with caustic. Keen, adj. sharp, earnest, resolute.
keened : the hands are said to be keened with the frost, ..."
4. Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry by William Carleton (1896)
"The coffin was then brought out and placed upon four chairs before the door to
be keened; and in the meantime the friends and well-wishers of the deceased ..."
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