keelien.
/ˈkiːli/, U.S. /ˈkili/, Scottish English /ˈkilɪ/ northern dialect and Scottish.
1. A local name for the sparrow-hawk or kestrel.
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the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > [noun] > family Falconidae > genus Falco (falcon) > falco tinnunculus (kestrel)
stanielc825
kestrel14..
stanchel?a1513
mollec1535
windfucker1599
stonegall1602
fleingall1608
fuckwind1611
scamela1616
furze-kite1635
wind-vanner1668
windhover1674
keelie1808
standgale1840
fanner1875
stand hawk1878
the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.) > [noun] > genus Accipiter > accipiter nisus (sparrowhawk)
sparhawkc725
sperverc1330
musketa1398
sparrow-hawk1548
pigeon hawk1731
chickenhawk?a1775
keelie1808
spier-hawk?c1810
1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Keelie, a hawk, chiefly applied to a young one. Loth., Teviotd.
1893 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Keely-haak, the kestrel... Its note ‘keely-keely’ gives it the name.
1898 J. Colville Sc. Vernacular (1899) 11 Sclim the branchless stem of the fir for the keelie's nest.
2. A low or vulgar boy; a street-loafer or rough. Scottish.
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the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > ruffianly conduct > ruffian > [noun] > frequenting streets
scamperer1712
corner-boy1855
plug-ugly1856
corner-cove1862
keelie1863
tough1866
larrikin1868
corner-man1885
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [noun] > violent treatment or force > frequenting streets
scamperer1712
sweater1712
corner-boy1855
plug-ugly1856
corner-cove1862
keelie1863
tough1866
larrikin1868
corner-man1885
voyoua1896
tsotsi1949
a1825 W. Scott in J. Jamieson Sc. Dict. A combination of young blackguards in Edinburgh hence termed themselves the Keelie Gang.]
1863 N. Brit. Daily Mail 18 Aug. 2/4 The defender..said that I was a Saltmarket keelie, a fighting man, a thief.
1909 Athenæum 1 May 528/2 Most people will..appreciate the sterling..character..of the Glasgow ‘keelie’ of twelve.
1937 Times Lit. Suppl. 13 Nov. 870/3 Wondering..whether the rascally little Glasgow ‘keelie’..will succeed in betraying both sides for pay.
1962 ‘H. Calvin’ System ii. 31 A Glasgow keelie who had grown up in a two-roomed slum.
1969 I. Opie & P. Opie Children's Games iv. 155 ‘It has to be played in the dark’, remarks a keelie.
1973 Times 18 May (Glasgow Suppl.) p. iv/2 The archetypal Glasgow keelie is a gallus man.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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