Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • A Middle English form of keel.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb obsolete To cool.

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Examples

  • kele, meaning island, — situated forty (not 100) miles up the main stream; here a native teacher still resides.

    Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo 2003

  • For before we borrowed from the French the name of potage, and the name of herb, the one in our own language was called kele, and the other wort; and as the kele-wort, or potage herb, was the chief winter wort for the sustenance of the husbandman, so was it the first herb that in this month began to yield out wholesome young sprouts, and consequently gave thereunto the name of Sprout-kele. "

    Words and Pictures From Old Books 2010

  • For before we borrowed from the French the name of potage, and the name of herb, the one in our own language was called kele, and the other wort; and as the kele-wort, or potage herb, was the chief winter wort for the sustenance of the husbandman, so was it the first herb that in this month began to yield out wholesome young sprouts, and consequently gave thereunto the name of Sprout-kele. "

    Words and Pictures From Old Books 2010

  • Thode kele tar chaan hotat ... dheegbhar kele tar chivat hotat

    Sabudana Vada Anjali 2009

  • Thode kele tar chaan hotat ... dheegbhar kele tar chivat hotat

    Archive 2009-01-01 Anjali 2009

  • You did get it right by saying it's called kekou kele but that is what it is called now.

    13 Unfortunate Translations That Harmed Brand Reputations 2007

  • My childhood brkfast mostly used to b chapatis in doodh-kela-sugar mix, chopped elaichi kele!

    Mango Shikran Meera 2008

  • Pare-in make me byrnand, pat na thyng gar it kele.

    Love is Life 1917

  • A ma ke kauoha a ke Alii, ua kii ia aku kele poe malihini a laweia mai la imua o ke Alii, a he mea oluolu ia i ko ke Alii manao.

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • Now it is clear that out of the first two names, Moanaliha and Kawao (maau) kele, is compounded that of the storm god.

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

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