Definition of rake

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Rake (n.) The inclination of anything from a perpendicular direction; as, the rake of a roof, a staircase, etc..

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Drake :: Drake (n.) A dragon.
Brakeman :: Brakeman (n.) A man in charge of a brake or brakes.
Conure :: Conure (n.) An American parrakeet of the genus Conurus. Many species are known. See Parrakeet.
Raker :: Raker (n.) A person who uses a rake.
Sheldrake :: Sheldrake (n.) Any one of several species of large Old World ducks of the genus Tadorna and allied genera, especially the European and Asiatic species. (T. cornuta, / tadorna), which somewhat resembles a goose in form and habit, but breeds in burrows..
Skieldrake :: Skieldrake (n.) The oyster catcher.
Gripe :: Gripe (n.) A device for grasping or holding anything; a brake to stop a wheel.
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..
Wellat :: Wellat (n.) The king parrakeet See under King.
Mandragorite :: Mandragorite (n.) One who habitually intoxicates himself with a narcotic obtained from mandrake.
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..
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..
Rake :: Rake (v. i.) To pass with violence or rapidity; to scrape along.
Kraken :: Kraken (n.) A fabulous Scandinavian sea monster, often represented as resembling an island, but sometimes as resembling an immense octopus..
Stale :: Stale (n.) The stock or handle of anything; as, the stale of a rake..
Strain :: Straik (n.) A strake.
Skeldrake :: Skeldrake (n.) Alt. of Skieldrak.
Drakestone :: Drakestone (n.) A flat stone so thrown along the surface of water as to skip from point to point before it sinks; also, the sport of so throwing stones; -- sometimes called ducks and drakes..
Rosella :: Rosella (n.) A beautiful Australian parrakeet (Platycercus eximius) often kept as a cage bird. The head and back of the neck are scarlet, the throat is white, the back dark green varied with lighter green, and the breast yellow..
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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