keeve

A large vat or tub used for various purposes, as for dressing ores in mining, for holding the lye in bleaching (in which sense it is also called a keir), as a brewers’ mashing-tub, etc.

To put in a keeve for fermentation, etc.

To overturn or lift up, as a cart, so as to unload it all at once.

To set in a keeve, or tub, for fermentation.

To heave; to tilt, as a cart.

A vat or tub in which the mash is made; a mash tub.

A bleaching vat; a kier.

A large vat used in dressing ores.

A vat or tub in which the mash is made; a mash tub.

A bleaching vat; a kier.