kevil

Noun

 * 1)  A lot (object used to determine a question by chance or independently of human choice).
 * 2) * 1821 [1802], (transcriber), , W. Scott (editor) , Volume 3, 5th edition,, page 4,
 * And they cast kevils them amang, / And kevils them between; / And they cast kevils them amang, / Wha suld gae kill the king.
 * 1) * 1887, Transactions of the Buchan Field Club, Volumes 1-2, Buchan Field Club, page 176,
 * "Casting the kevils" was and still is a common mode of deciding a thing.
 * 1)  A sturdy belaying pin for the heavier cables of a ship.
 * 2) * 1898, Annual Reports of the War Department,, page 3184
 * The following new ones will have to be supplied: Two pairs of sheave chocks similar to those now in use on board, and twelve large kevils at least four feet long and of heavy pattern.