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Definition of Kevels
1. kevel [n] - See also: kevel
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kevels
Literary usage of Kevels
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English and Scottish Ballads by Francis James Child (1880)
"204.) WE were sisters, sisters seven, Bowing down, bowing down ; The fairest
women under heaven. And aye the birks a-bowing. They kiest kevels them amang, ..."
2. The English and Scottish Popular Ballads by George Lyman Kittredge (1884)
"3 There fell a dispute us amang, Wha would to the greenwood gang. 4 They kiest
the kevels them amang, O wha would to the greenwood gang. ..."
3. Glossary of Terms and Phrases by Henry Percy Smith (1883)
"Keuper of Germany [Ger. kupfer, copper} — uppermost division, red sandstones and
marls, with salt and alabaster ; of the Triassic period. kevels ..."
4. The Sailor's Word-book: An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, Including by William Henry Smyth (1867)
"kevels, OR CAVILS. Large cleats, or also pieces of oak passing through a mortice
in the rail, and answer the- purpose of timber-heads for belaying ropes to. ..."
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