DuckCorp Dico

Found one definition

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