| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. A vat or tub in which the mash is made; a mash tub.[Websters]
2. A bleaching vat; a kier.[Websters] 3. A large vat used in dressing ores.[Websters]. | |
| Verb | 1. To set in a keeve, or tub, for fermentation.[Websters]
2. To heave; to tilt, as a cart.[Websters] 3. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: keeving, keeved, keeves, keever, keevers, keevingly and keevedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "KEEVE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
| Note: Keeve \Keeve\, transitive verb. [imperfect & past participle. Keeved; Keeving.]. (references) |
