Keeve

Part of speech: noun (n.)

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

2. A bleaching vat; a kier.

3. A large vat used in dressing ores.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

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

2. To heave; to tilt, as a cart. [Prov. Eng.]