Hypertext Webster Gateway: "kier"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Kier \Kier\, n. [Icel. ker a tub.] (Bleaching)
A large tub or vat in which goods are subjected to the action
of hot lye or bleaching liquor; -- also called {keeve}.
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