a. rare. Also kealy. [f. KEEL sb.3 + -Y1.] Abounding in keel; of the nature of keel.
1712. J. Morton, Nat. Hist. Northampt., i. § 38. 41. Our ordinary Sort of kealy Land is a Red-land, with a large Intermixture of Reddish Stones, which every one here calls Keale.
1753. Chambers, Cycl. Supp., Kealy soil, in agriculture, is used by the husbandmen for a sort of land, plentifully strewed with keale or kale.
