English Explanatory Dictionary

keeve

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A bleaching vat; a kier.
  2. A vat or tub in which the mash is made; a mash tub.
  3. A large vat used in dressing ores.
verb
  1. To set in a keeve, or tub, for fermentation.
  2. To heave; to tilt, as a cart.

Pronunciation

/kiːv/

Word forms

keeve keeves kieve kive keeving keeved

Etymology

From Middle English kive, from Old English cȳf (“vat”), from Proto-West Germanic *kūbiju, a diminutive of Proto-Germanic *kūbaz, perhaps from Latin cūpa. Related to French cuve. Doublet of coupe, cup, and hive.

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