D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Kier

/kĭr/ · IPA /kˈɪr/
01 n. A large tub or vat in which goods are subjected to the action of hot lye or bleaching liquor; -- also called keeve.
  1. 1.
    A large tub or vat in which goods are subjected to the action of hot lye or bleaching liquor; -- also called keeve.(Bleaching) Also: keeve