Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
keeve .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A mash vat. See
keeve .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative form of
keeve .
Etymologies
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Examples
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He'll chust make his men pe strap on an old plaid, and he'll be kive
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 85, January, 1875
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_Kiver_, _kive_, _keever_, a large vessel for fermenting liquors; a mashing tub.
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He 'll chust make his men pe strap on an old plaid, and he' ll pe kive a chump, and away they wass, horse and man, one peast, aal two of tem poth together. "
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"Noo, lads, I'll tell you what it is," said M'Kay, addressing the prostrate soldiers -- "if you'll behave yoursels desenly, and no be botherin 'me wi' ony more o 'your tarn nonsense, I'll aloo you to make me your prisoner; for I'm no intending to run away; I'll kive myself up to save your hides, and take my shance of ta law for what I'll do.
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