Till his sail-yards tremble, his masts crack, And his ship run on her side so low That she drinks water, and her keel plows air. From LearnThat.org. [George Chapman (1560-1634), English dramatist, translator, poet, from The Conspiracy of Charles, Duke of Byron, 1608.]
Her fin keel struck bottom, and her main topmast lurched and shivered as if about to come down upon our heads. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 15] Reference
Close round our keel are the stiffened waves dozing. From Wordnik.com. [Fridthjof's Saga; a Norse romance] Reference
The keel is a single piece of steel running the height of the Can. From Wordnik.com. [Passage at Arms]
The company said setting the keel is the first step in rebuilding the boat. From Wordnik.com. [WMTW.com - Local News] Reference
A central structural member, called the keel, runs the length of the cylinder. From Wordnik.com. [Passage at Arms]
The keel is a strange kind of barge which is only seen on three of our northern rivers. From Wordnik.com. [The Romance of the Coast] Reference
Each ridge has a corresponding structure, called a keel, that forms on the underside of the ice. From Wordnik.com. [Featured Articles - Encyclopedia of Earth] Reference
= A keel was a flat-bottomed boat, used in the northeast of England, for loading and carrying coal. From Wordnik.com. [Bussy D'Ambois and The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois] Reference
The heavy hull gives a fair bit of stability itself and the keel is a shoal, keeping the boat on track. From Wordnik.com. [[outrigger canoe] best all round performer] Reference
There were no keel-blocks, for there was no keel -- or rather, the keel was a circular plate a yard in diameter, resting on. From Wordnik.com. [The Lord of the Sea] Reference
The keel is a tubby, grimy-looking craft, rounded fore and aft, with a single large square sail, which the keel-bullies, as the. From Wordnik.com. [Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson] Reference
He tended always to be on an even keel, which is what made it easy to work around him, to give him bad news, or to tell him good news. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 10, 2004] Reference
The shell is not only screw-shaped, but also has some asymetrical distortions on the sculpture of the "keel". From Wordnik.com. [A screwed up snail] Reference
There's a guy on top of that black and white stand, and you can see him fly into the air and kind of keel over backwards. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 14, 2005] Reference
The keel is the part used. From Wordnik.com. [High Albania] Reference
Wings almost as large as the keel which is strongly arched. From Wordnik.com. [The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines] Reference
Then the Lapp explained: "The higher the keel is the quicker the sleigh can go and the faster we can travel. From Wordnik.com. [The Land of the Long Night] Reference
To the bottom of each, Frank had riveted a thin "keel" of manganese bronze with a heavy fin of lead affixed to it. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Aviators' Treasure Quest] Reference
A keel is the lowest part of the hull on a boat. From Wordnik.com. [Friends don’t let friends keelhaul] Reference
"keel" lying high and dry apart from the other shipping in the river, where it was then low water. From Wordnik.com. [The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore] Reference
I mean, things are kind of getting back to an even keel. From Wordnik.com. [A Transformative Year For Don Draper, Jon Hamm] Reference
They were just trying to keep their position on an even keel. From Wordnik.com. ['A Very Personal Battle'] Reference
TARABAY: The coin was found between the keel and the stern post. From Wordnik.com. [Unearthed Ship In NYC Offers Clues Of Colonial Life] Reference
The water rose higher and higher, until, at length, it touched the keel. From Wordnik.com. [Lost in the Fog] Reference
The plastic, football-size container has a keel and a windcatching groove. From Wordnik.com. [Let Your Sorrows Drift Away] Reference
The keel arched above the scene with a grace that suggested a forgotten art. From Wordnik.com. [Tuning Pegs] Reference
Allowing the listing Big Three to keel over would be a triumph of free markets. From Wordnik.com. [In Defense of Detroit] Reference
At one point, he pretended to keel over backward from the weight of the jacket. From Wordnik.com. [First Brush With History] Reference
Will you keel over and die if I prescribe this antiviral versus that antiviral?. From Wordnik.com. [Beware Genetic Snake Oil] Reference
The keel designs are highly classified; guards keep watch for scuba-diving spies. From Wordnik.com. [A Duel In The Sun] Reference
When our vision of the ocean went no deeper than the keel of a glass-bottom boat?. From Wordnik.com. [One Fantastic Voyage] Reference
But life is life and I am old and should finish this story before I keel over myself. From Wordnik.com. [Summer XVI] Reference
Obama's almost preternatural equanimity has helped keep his campaign on an even keel. From Wordnik.com. [Sit Back, Relax, Get Ready to Rumble] Reference
Tom says almost nothing, and Father Martin is straining to keep things on an even keel. From Wordnik.com. ['I Know I'll Get Through This'] Reference
No amount of private jury selection is going to put the playing field back on an even keel. From Wordnik.com. [The First Amendment on Trial] Reference
If I was the rudder as we sailed around the world on the Disney adventure, Frank was the keel. From Wordnik.com. [Running The Mouse House] Reference
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