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Definition of Keeve
1. n. A vat or tub in which the mash is made; a mash tub.
2. v. t. To set in a keeve, or tub, for fermentation.
Definition of Keeve
1. Noun. (context: brewing) A vat or tub in which the mash is made; a mash tub. ''Ure.'' ¹
2. Noun. (context: bleaching) A bleaching vat; a kier. ¹
3. Noun. (context: mining) A large vat used in dressing ores. ¹
4. Verb. To set in a keeve, or tub, for fermentation. ¹
5. Verb. (context: Provincial English) To heave; to tilt, as a cart. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Keeve
1. a tub or vat [n -S]
Medical Definition of Keeve
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1. A vat or tub in which the mash is made; a mash tub.
2. A bleaching vat; a kier.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Keeve
Literary usage of Keeve
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Travels Through England of Dr. Richard Pococke, Successively Bishop of by Richard Pococke, James Joel Cartwright (1888)
"... which, when the tinner sees rising, he washes over, and preserves the rough
tin in the bottom of the sieve, which is now thrown out into another keeve, ..."
2. Report on the Geology of Cornwall, Devon and West Somerset by Henry Thomas De La Beche (1839)
"In 1778, the ore after being huddled was placed in a large vat, named a keeve,
about one-third full of water, in which one workman kept stirring the water ..."
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