Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In ship-building, same as
bilge-keel .
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Examples
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The fact that there had been a collision, that the _Niccola's_ engines were melted to unlovely scrap, that the Plumie ship was now welded irremovably to a side-keel, and that a Plumie was signaling to humans while both ships went spinning through space toward an unknown destination -- these things did not affect the obligations of the radar room.
The Aliens Murray Leinster 1935
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