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keeve .
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- noun See
keeve , n.
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- noun Alternative form of
keeve .
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Examples
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For preliminary dewatering, the concentrates need to be processed in a raffination barrel following the Schanz-method or in a tossing kieve.
17.1 Drying oven 1993
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By them he was conducted into the dun, into a chamber which they had prepared for him, and they drew water and filled his kieve, and there Laeg ministered to him.
The Coming of Cuculain Standish O'Grady 1887
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Vanners are, as a rule, skilful men, and show remarkable dexterity in separating the black tin, with the help of their apparatus, which consists simply of a shovel and a kieve of water.
A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. Cornelius Beringer 1886
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The vanner stands in front of a tub of water (kieve) and allows 30 or 40 c.c. of water to flow on to the ore.
A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. Cornelius Beringer 1886
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For more information about The Leadership School, call 207-563-6212, e-mail leadershipschool@kieve. org, or visit the website at kieve. org.
Knox 2008
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