Definition of rake

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

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Rake :: Rake (v. i.) To incline from a perpendicular direction; as, a mast rakes aft..
Mandragora :: Mandragora (n.) A genus of plants; the mandrake. See Mandrake, 1..
Rake :: Rake (v. i.) To use a rake, as for searching or for collecting; to scrape; to search minutely..
Bracken :: Bracken (n.) A brake or fern.
Drake :: Drake (n.) A dragon.
Winter''s Bark :: Winter's bark () The aromatic bark of tree (Drimys, / Drymis, Winteri) of the Magnolia family, which is found in Southern Chili. It was first used as a cure for scurvy by its discoverer, Captain John Winter, vice admiral to sir Francis Drake, in 1577..
Fraken :: Fraken (n.) A freckle.
Streak :: Streak (n.) A strake.
Parakeet :: Parakeet (n.) Same as Parrakeet.
Gripe :: Gripe (n.) A device for grasping or holding anything; a brake to stop a wheel.
Brake :: Brake (v. t.) A large, heavy harrow for breaking clods after plowing; a drag..
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..
Kraken :: Kraken (n.) A fabulous Scandinavian sea monster, often represented as resembling an island, but sometimes as resembling an immense octopus..
Tooth :: Tooth (n.) Any projection corresponding to the tooth of an animal, in shape, position, or office; as, the teeth, or cogs, of a cogwheel; a tooth, prong, or tine, of a fork; a tooth, or the teeth, of a rake, a saw, a file, a card..
Water Crake :: Water crake () The spotted crake (Porzana maruetta). See Illust. of Crake.
Involucre :: Involucre (n.) A continuous marginal covering of sporangia, in certain ferns, as in the common brake, or the cup-shaped processes of the filmy ferns..
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..
Rake :: Rake (v. t.) To collect with a rake; as, to rake hay; -- often with up; as, he raked up the fallen leaves..
Barleybrake :: Barleybrake (n.) Alt. of Barleybrea.
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..
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