Her Keelie accent made it clear she grew up near the Clyde.

Keelie greeted the visitors with a broad grin, proud to tell anyone about life in Glasgow.

When the linguist cataloged the dialect, she listed keelies as the plural form used in that village.

A keelie circled above the moor, eyeing the field mice below.

Keelies gathered under the lighthouse to rehearse the sea shanty they planned to sing at the festival.

Keely prepared the family tree that traced their ancestry back to County Cork.

The old fishing boat's keely hull proved remarkably stable in the heavy seas.