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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Air Brake :: Air brake () A railway brake operated by condensed air.
Scrat :: Scrat (v. i.) To rake; to search.
Rake :: Rake (n.) A fissure or mineral vein traversing the strata vertically, or nearly so; -- called also rake-vein..
Raking :: Raking (n.) The act or process of using a rake; the going over a space with a rake.
Mallard :: Mallard (a.) A drake; the male of Anas boschas.
Brake :: Brake (v. t.) An ancient engine of war analogous to the crossbow and ballista.
Slipper :: Slipper (n.) A kind of brake or shoe for a wagon wheel.
Sarculation :: Sarculation (n.) A weeding, as with a hoe or a rake..
Raker :: Raker (n.) A gun so placed as to rake an enemy's ship.
Berthing :: Berthing (n.) The planking outside of a vessel, above the sheer strake..
Ringstraked :: Ringstraked (a.) Ring-streaked.
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..
Drake :: Drake (n.) The drake fly.
Crowberry :: Crowberry (n.) A heathlike plant of the genus Empetrum, and its fruit, a black, scarcely edible berry; -- also called crakeberry..
Hood :: Hood (n.) The endmost plank of a strake which reaches the stem or stern.
Crake :: Crake (v. t. & i.) To cry out harshly and loudly, like the bird called crake..
Rake :: Rake (v. i.) To incline from a perpendicular direction; as, a mast rakes aft..
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. i.) To act the rake; to lead a dissolute, debauched life..
Lapstrake :: Lapstrake (a.) Made with boards whose edges lap one over another; clinker-built; -- said of boats.
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