kevil

noun2

1. •
   A sturdy belaying pin for the heavier cables of a ship.

   • 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. — 1898
2. •
   (Scotland) A lot (object used to determine a question by chance or independently of human choice).

   • And they cast kevils them amang, / And kevils them between; / And they cast kevils them amang, / Wha suld gae kill the king. — 1821