Kean – Kelp
Kean
CHARLES JOHN, an English
Kearny
a town of New Jersey, in and on the Erie railroad. It is an atand on the Erie railroad. It is an at-
Keble College
one of the collcges of Oxford University, built by subscription as a memorial of the Rev. John Keble, and incorporated in 1870. The college is a flourishing institution , and has the patronage of about a livings. dozen
Kedge
a small anchor used to keep a ship steady and clear from her bower anchor while she rides in a harbor or river, also used in warping her from one part of a harbor to another.
Kedron
or KIDRON, spoken of as a "brook" in the English Bible. It is a gorge close to Jerusalem on the E., running away in the direction of the Dead Sea.
Keel-Haul
or KEEL-HALE, to punish in the seamen's way by dragging the offender under water on one side of the ship and up again on the other by ropes attached to the yard-arms on either side. In small vessels the culprit is drawn under the craft from stem to stern.
Keep
in castles of the old type, a kind of strong tower, to which the besieged retreated and made their last efforts of defense. (1) For mashing, fermenting, or storing
Keith
JAMES, known as MARSHAL
Kelat-I-Ghilzai
a fortress of Afghanistan, 75 miles N. E. of Kandahar.
Kellaways Rock
the name given to highly fossiliferous beds of sand and calcareous sandstones which occur near the base of the Oxford clay.
Keloid
or CHELOID, in pathology, an unsightly excrescence arising on the sternum or elsewhere, generally from the over-active growth of a cicatrix over a wound.
Kelp
the calcined ashes of seaweed, tained. From the alkali of kelp the imfrom which carbonate of soda is obportant chemical substance called IODINE (q. v.) is obtained. Also the seawrack or sea-weed from which kelp is produced.