Keeve

Alternative forms

• kieve

Origin

Derived from Old English "cȳf" meaning a vat. (Macdonald, A. M., ed. (1972) Chambers Twentieth Century Dictionary; new ed. Edinburgh: Chambers; p. 719) Webster's 1913 gives this:

AS.

c

, fr. L.

cupa

a tub, cask; also, F.

cuve

. Cf.

Kive

,

Coop

.

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Full definition of keeve

Noun

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. (Provincial English) To heave; to tilt, as a cart.