KEYS
\kˈiːz], \kˈiːz], \k_ˈiː_z]\
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k[=e]z, n.pl. a contraction of HOUSE OF KEYS, a house of 24 representatives constituting the lower branch of the Legislature (Court of Tynwald) of the Isle of Man, self-elective down to 1866. [Manx kiare-as-feed, four-and-twenty.]
By Thomas Davidson
