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Definition of rake

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Rake (v. t.) To enfilade; to fire in a direction with the length of; in naval engagements, to cannonade, as a ship, on the stern or head so that the balls range the whole length of the deck..

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Brake :: Brake (v. t.) A piece of mechanism for retarding or stopping motion by friction, as of a carriage or railway car, by the pressure of rubbers against the wheels, or of clogs or ratchets against the track or roadway, or of a pivoted lever against a wheel or drum in a machine..

Stealing :: Stealer (n.) The endmost plank of a strake which stops short of the stem or stern.

Caboose :: Caboose (n.) A car used on freight or construction trains for brakemen, workmen, etc.; a tool car..

Strake :: Strake (n.) An iron band by which the fellies of a wheel are secured to each other, being not continuous, as the tire is, but made up of separate pieces..

Rakestale :: Rakestale (n.) The handle of a rake.

Cataract :: Cataract (n.) A kind of hydraulic brake for regulating the action of pumping engines and other machines; -- sometimes called dashpot.

Streak :: Streak (n.) A strake.

Strake :: Strake () imp. of Strike.

Sarculation :: Sarculation (n.) A weeding, as with a hoe or a rake..

Shielddrake :: Shielddrake (n.) A sheldrake.

Rake :: Rake (n.) the inclination of a mast or funnel, or, in general, of any part of a vessel not perpendicular to the keel..

Air Brake :: Air brake () A railway brake operated by condensed air.

Brake :: Brake (v. t.) A sharp bit or snaffle.

Raker :: Raker (n.) A machine for raking grain or hay by horse or other power.

Rake :: Rake (v. t.) To collect or draw together with laborious industry; to gather from a wide space; to scrape together; as, to rake together wealth; to rake together slanderous tales; to rake together the rabble of a town..

Earthdrake :: Earthdrake (n.) A mythical monster of the early Anglo-Saxon literature; a dragon.

Random :: Random (n.) The direction of a rake-vein.

Hayrake :: Hayrake (n.) A rake for collecting hay; especially, a large rake drawn by a horse or horses..

Rakel :: Rakel (a.) Hasty; reckless; rash.

Rakehelly :: Rakehelly (a.) Dissolute; wild; lewd; rakish.