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Horserake :: Horserake (n.) A rake drawn by a horse.

Raked :: Raked (imp. & p. p.) of Rak.

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..

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

Shank :: Shank (v.) That part of a hoe, rake, knife, or the like, by which it is secured to a handle..

Raking :: Raking (n.) A space gone over with a rake; also, the work done, or the quantity of hay, grain, etc., collected, by going once over a space with a rake..

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

String :: String (n.) An inside range of ceiling planks, corresponding to the sheer strake on the outside and bolted to it..

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..

Crake :: Crake (n.) A boast. See Crack, n..

Land :: Land (n.) The lap of the strakes in a clinker-built boat; the lap of plates in an iron vessel; -- called also landing.

Rake :: Rake (v. t.) To search through; to scour; to ransack.

Convoy :: Convoy (n.) A drag or brake applied to the wheels of a carriage, to check their velocity in going down a hill..

Roue :: Roue (n.) One devoted to a life of sensual pleasure; a debauchee; a rake.

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..

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

Slipper :: Slipper (n.) A kind of brake or shoe for a wagon wheel.

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..

Water Crake :: Water crake () The dipper.

Brake :: Brake (v. t.) An extended handle by means of which a number of men can unite in working a pump, as in a fire engine..

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