Kier

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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}.
     [1913 Webster]