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Rake :: Rake (v. t.) To collect with a rake; as, to rake hay; -- often with up; as, he raked up the fallen leaves..

Paraquito :: Paraquito (n.) See Parrakeet.

Overraked :: Overraked (imp. & p. p.) of Overrak.

Rakehell :: Rakehell (a.) Alt. of Rakehell.

Shielddrake :: Shielddrake (n.) A sheldrake.

Windrow :: Windrow (n.) A row or line of hay raked together for the purpose of being rolled into cocks or heaps.

Skitty :: Skitty (n.) A rail; as, the water rail (called also skitty cock, and skitty coot); the spotted crake (Porzana maruetta), and the moor hen..

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

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..

Strale :: Strake (n.) A trough for washing broken ore, gravel, or sand; a launder..

Paroquet :: Paroquet (n.) Same as Parrakeet.

Drake :: Drake (n.) The male of the duck kind.

Firedrake :: Firedrake (n.) A fiery meteor; an ignis fatuus; a rocket.

Garboard :: Garboard (n.) One of the planks next the keel on the outside, which form a garboard strake..

Libertine :: Libertine (n.) One free from restraint; one who acts according to his impulses and desires; now, specifically, one who gives rein to lust; a rake; a debauchee..

Gripe :: Gripe (n.) A device for grasping or holding anything; a brake to stop a wheel.

Craker :: Craker (n.) One who boasts; a braggart.

Goosander :: Goosander (n.) A species of merganser (M. merganser) of Northern Europe and America; -- called also merganser, dundiver, sawbill, sawneb, shelduck, and sheldrake. See Merganser..

Mandrake :: Mandrake (n.) A low plant (Mandragora officinarum) of the Nightshade family, having a fleshy root, often forked, and supposed to resemble a man. It was therefore supposed to have animal life, and to cry out when pulled up. All parts of the plant are strongly narcotic. It is found in the Mediterranean region..

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

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