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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Cataract :: Cataract (n.) A kind of hydraulic brake for regulating the action of pumping engines and other machines; -- sometimes called dashpot.
Rake :: Rake (v. t.) To pass a rake over; to scrape or scratch with a rake for the purpose of collecting and clearing off something, or for stirring up the soil; as, to rake a lawn; to rake a flower bed..
Blood :: Blood (n.) A man of fire or spirit; a fiery spark; a gay, showy man; a rake..
Rake :: Rake (n.) The inclination of anything from a perpendicular direction; as, the rake of a roof, a staircase, etc..
Weaser :: Weaser (n.) The American merganser; -- called also weaser sheldrake.
Drank :: Drank (n.) Wild oats, or darnel grass. See Drake a plant..
Crakeberry :: Crakeberry (n.) See Crowberry.
Brake :: Brake (v. t.) An instrument or machine to break or bruise the woody part of flax or hemp so that it may be separated from the fiber.
Braky :: Braky (a.) Full of brakes; abounding with brambles, shrubs, or ferns; rough; thorny..
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..
Cow :: Cow (n.) A wedge, or brake, to check the motion of a machine or car; a chock..
Handwheel :: Handwheel (n.) Any wheel worked by hand; esp., one the rim of which serves as the handle by which a valve, car brake, or other part is adjusted..
Brake :: Brake (v. t.) A baker's kneading though.
Gripe :: Gripe (n.) A device for grasping or holding anything; a brake to stop a wheel.
Rake :: Rake (v. t.) To scrape or scratch across; to pass over quickly and lightly, as a rake does..
Rakeshame :: Rakeshame (n.) A vile, dissolute wretch..
Brake :: Brake (n.) A fern of the genus Pteris, esp. the P. aquilina, common in almost all countries. It has solitary stems dividing into three principal branches. Less properly: Any fern..
Sea Drake :: Sea drake () The pewit gull.
Daker Hen :: Daker hen () The corncrake or land rail.
Convoy :: Convoy (n.) A drag or brake applied to the wheels of a carriage, to check their velocity in going down a hill..
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