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iri 16^2, and ftudied at Jefiis and All-Souls colIc^M in Ox- 

 ford. -He was admitted a barriller at Gray's Inn. and at- 

 tended with the iitmoil aflidiiity at tlie king's bench for fifty 

 years, though it is bt-lioved lie never had ac'aufe put into his 

 hands; oi^ was called to make a ii.otion. Htf died fuddenly 

 ini/io, as he was ftepping into a coach at Holborn-gate, 

 b^fng in his ySth year. His publications were numerous,' 

 and "chiefly on legal fubjefts!. He publiihed, however, an 

 «fl"ay on " Human Nature ;" and another on " Human Ac- 

 tions." At his death, it is faid, his manufcripts amounted 

 to one hundred folios, and more than fifty quartos, all in hi» 

 own hand-writing. Biog. Brit 



Kzble's IJIanii, in Geography, an ifland in the Mergui 

 Ai'chipelago, about five miles long, and l\ broad. N. lat. 8^ 

 59'. 



"KEBUCK He.id, a cape on the E. coaft of the ifland 

 of Lewis. N. lat. ,8^ 2'. W. long. 6' 19'. 



KECKERMAN, Bartholomew, in Biography, a 

 Pruflian divine, was born at Dantzic in the year 157 1 : 

 here he received the elements of a learned education, and at 

 the age of eighteen he was fcnt to the uuiverfity of Wittem- 

 berg, and O.udied philofophyand divinity two years. From 

 this feminary he went to the univerfity of Leipfic, where he 

 fpcnt fome time, and then removed to Heidelberg. At this 

 place he took his degrees, and at length became a tutor in 

 feveral branches of knowledge. The fame which he acquired, 

 as profefTor of Hebrew, induced the fenate of Dantzic, in 

 the year 1597, to invite him to become co-reftor of the cele- 

 brated academical in llitution in that city, an office which he 

 thought proper to decline. Four years afterwards theinyi- 

 tation was re^^ewed, and he accepted it. The profelTorihip 

 to which he devoted his talents was tliat of philofophy, and 

 he propofed to lead Undents to its inmoil receiles by a 

 more compendious method than had been before adopted. 

 According to his plan, they were to complete their courfe 

 of (Indies in three years. In the execution of his method 

 he drew up a great number of treatifes on almofl all fubjefts 

 that could claim the attention of tlie young ; but by ftudy- 

 ing, v\Titing, and teaching, he ruined his health, and fell a 

 facrifice to his induilry .in the thirty-eighth year of his age. 

 His works have been pubhflied in two volumes, folio. 



KECKLE, on Board a Ship. "When the cables gall in 

 the hawfc, or the bolt-rcpes do fo againft the (hip's quarter, 

 the feamen wind fome fmall ropes about tliera ; and this is 

 called kechUng. 



KEI'JAS, in Geography, a town of Bengal ; 15 miles 

 S.E. of Midnapour. — Alfo, a town of Syria, on the river 

 Jermuk, anciently called Cadera ; 56 miles N. of Jerufalem. 



KEDE', or Qlade, a town of Africa, in the country 

 of the Foulahs; 40 miles W. of Kayor. 



KEDE-FARAH, a town of Afiatia-Turkey, in the 

 government of Sivas, on the Kizilermack ; 30 miles W. of 

 Samfoun. 



KEDGE, or KiDGE. Sec GrnP-osiA and M.^cra.v. 



KEDGER, or Y.r.oGHL-anchor, in a Ship. See ANciion. 



KEDGING, a (^.-a-term ufed wlicn a v&fi'el is brought up 

 or down a narrow river by the wind, though the tide be 

 contrary to it. ' 



To do this, the feamen fet their fore-fail, foretop faily 

 and mizen-fail, and let her drive witli the tide, that they 

 may flat her about. If flic come too near the fliore, they 

 have a littk anchor readv, called the kedger, or ieJge-anchtr, 

 with a hawfer faftened'to it from the fhlp ; and this they 

 drop in the midft of the current, by which means they wind 

 her head about ; and this done, take up the anchor again. 



KEDGOORA, in Geography, a town of HiudooHan, in 

 Buhdelcund ; 30 miles N.N.E. of C:Jlingar. 



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KEDGREE, a toivn of Hindooftan ; 34 miles N.E.iof 

 Benares. 



KEDHAM, a town of Upper Guinea, fituated on Uw 

 river Scherbro ; 2co miles- from its mouth. 



KEDOUS, a town of Afiatic Turkey, in Natolia; 32. 

 miles \V. of Kintaja. . - 



KEDRELjEON, Ckdkex.wom, in the Matirta M.-diea 

 of the JrxiesU, an oil' taken from the pLv cedri, or pitch of 

 the cedar-tree. ... 



KEDKO'ii, in Geography. See Cedron. 



KEEBLE, John, in Biography, an eminent organid and 

 harpfiehoid-madtr, who, in 1737, on Rofcingrave beiiig_ 

 fuperfcded at St. George's, Hanover-fquare, on account of 

 the derangement of his intellefts, w^is appointed olnciating 

 organift of that church, upon half the falary, durrng the 

 life of his predeceffor. See Rcscingravk. 



Mr. Keeblo was the firll performer on the organ at the 

 opening of Ranelagli, and at the fubfcriplion concert efta- 

 blifhed by Hickford at his room in Brewer's-ftrect. (See 

 HiCKFOKD.) He had Irkewife, to the end of his life, the 

 bc(t range of teaching of any mafter in London ; and wa» 

 fo fure of pupils of rank and fafhion, in the immediate vici-: 

 nity of his own refidencc, in Prince'3-ftreet, Hanover-fquare, 

 that he declined the attendar.ce of any others. 



This able and experienced ma(ler, befides his praflical 

 abilities, had a paiTion for theoretical iludies, and ("pent his 

 leifure hours, during many years, in the inveftigation of the 

 mufic of the ancients, and the Harmonica, which fee. Ho 

 was fuppofed to die worth 30,000/. in 1786. 



KEEFA, in Geography, a town of Africa, in Algiers; 

 fix miles N.E. of Tipfa. 



KEEL, in Botany. See Carina. 



Keel, the lowed piece of timber in a fliip, placed in 

 the bottom of her hull ; one end thereof being let into the 

 ftern-poft, and the other into the Item. 



If we compare the carcafe of a (liip to the (l^eleton of the' 

 human body, the keel may be confidered as thc_ back-bone, 

 and the timbers as the ribi. It, therefore, fiipports and 

 unites the whole fabric, Cnce the Rem and ftcrnpott, whith 

 arc elevated on its ends, are, in fome mcafure, a continuation 

 of the keel, and fcrve to conned and indole the extremities 

 of the fides by trsnloms ; as the keel forms and unites the 

 bottom by timbers. The keel is generally compofed of 

 feveral ihick pieces, placed lengthways, which, after being 

 fcarfed together, are bolted and clinched upon the upper 

 fide. When thefe pieces cannot be procured long enough 

 to afford a luificient depth to the keel, there is a (Irongthick 

 piece of timber bolted to the bottom thereof, called ihefi/fe 

 keel. 



"When a fhip has a deep keel, fhe is faid to have a rani 

 keel ; and this ferves to keep her from rolling. 



Keel is alfo a name given to a low flat-bottomed vefTel, 

 ufed in the river Tyne, to bring the coals down from New- 

 caille, and the adjacent parts, in order to load the colliers 

 for tranfportation. 



Keel, upon an even, in Sea Language, denotes the pofition 

 of a (hip when her keel is parallel to the pLne of the hori. 

 zon, fo that (he is generally deep in the water at both ends. 



\\¥.v.h-haHug, or Keel-raking, is a punifliment infliftcd at 

 fea, in the Dutch navy, on very great offenders, who are 

 drawn underneath the very keel of the (hip. See Ducking, 



KEEL-ro/>;, a hair rope running between the keelfon and- 

 the keel of a fliip, to clear the limber-holes when they are; 

 choaked up with ballad, &c. 



KEELAGE, Killagium, a privilege to demand money 

 for the bottoms of (liips reding in a p»rt or harbour. 



i^ a KELLERS, 



