KAL]                              NAUTICAL DICTIONARY.

KALIA (Fr, Calie). A double canoe of Tongatabu used
for warlike purposes. It is formed of two irregularly-constructed
canoes joined together by a platform: on this there is a cabin or
round-house, against which the mast rests. Its sail is triangular.
(Diet, de Marine a voiles!)

KAYACK (Fr, Kayak). A fishing boat of Greenland, made
of seal skins stretched round a wooden frame, and having a hole
pierced in its middle, into which the fisher places himself, wrapped
in a frock of seal skin^ which is laced close round the hole to
prevent the admission of water.    (Diet, de Marine a voiles.)

KECKLING. Old rope wound round cables to keep them
from chafing.

KEDGE.    See Anchor, 2, 3, 7.

To KEDGE or TO WARP a vcsscl, is to move her along by means
of a kedge and warp run out from the ship.

KEEL. A flat-bottomed vessel used on the Tyne to carry
coals ; it contains, on an average, 8 Newcastle chaldrons — 15 J
London chaldrons =21 tons 4 cwt. (Waterston's Cyclopcedia of
Commerce!) This is commonly adopted as a measure of burden
for colliers.

KEEL (Fr, Quille). The main and lowest timber in a vessel,
extending from the stem to the stern-post, and forming the basis
of the whole structure. In a small vessel it may consist of one
piece throughout, but in vessels of a larger size, the keel is formed
of several pieces, which are scarphed together endways. See
Plate II. fig. 6; Plate IV. 1. The keel and keelson should be
fastened with copper or patent metal bolts.

A description of the Safety-keel invented by Mr. Oliver Lang,
master-builder at Woolwich dockyard, is given in the first
volume of the Nautical Magazine ; its construction is such that
the planks and outer keel may be torn away by the ship striking
on rocks, without any water being consequently admitted into
her.

In the construction of iron vessels, the keel is formed of one or
more plates of iron, having a concave curve on the upper surface,
to afford a channel, or, as it may be termed, a limber passage
for water throughout the ship's length. See Bilge-keels and
Sliding-keels; also Even-keel,

False-keel.     a  second  keel  fastened in   a slight manner
under the main keel, which, in case of the ship striking  the
ground, it may be the means of preserving.     If the ship be
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