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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
careen /kəˈriːn/

▶verb

1 turn (a ship) on its side for cleaning or repair.
■ (of a ship) tilt; lean over.

2 chiefly N. Amer. move in a swift and uncontrolled way.

– origin C16: from Fr. carène, from Ital. carena, from L. carina ‘a keel’.

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