keeve

English

Alternative forms

• kieve

Etymology

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. Derived from Old English "cȳf" meaning a vat. (Macdonald, A. M., ed. (1972) Chambers Twentieth Century Dictionary; new ed. Edinburgh: Chambers; p. 719)

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːv

Noun

keeve (plural keeves)

1. (brewing) A vat or tub in which the mash is made; a mash tub.
2. (bleaching) A bleaching vat; a kier.
3. (mining) A large vat used in dressing ores.

Verb

1. To set in a keeve, or tub, for fermentation.
2. (UK, dialect) To heave; to tilt, as a cart.

References

• “keeve”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.