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Rake-vein :: Rake-vein (n.) See Rake, a mineral vein..

Parrakeet :: Parrakeet (n.) Alt. of Parakee.

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

Random :: Random (n.) The direction of a rake-vein.

Hayrake :: Hayrake (n.) A rake for collecting hay; especially, a large rake drawn by a horse or horses..

Green-leek :: Green-leek (n.) An Australian parrakeet (Polytelis Barrabandi); -- called also the scarlet-breasted parrot.

Crake :: Crake (v. t. & i.) To boast; to speak loudly and boastfully.

Lapstrake :: Lapstrake (a.) Made with boards whose edges lap one over another; clinker-built; -- said of boats.

Perroquet :: Perroquet (n.) See Paroquet, Parakeet..

Drake :: Drake (n.) Wild oats, brome grass, or darnel grass; -- called also drawk, dravick, and drank..

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..

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..

Weaser :: Weaser (n.) The American merganser; -- called also weaser sheldrake.

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

Cow :: Cow (n.) A wedge, or brake, to check the motion of a machine or car; a chock..

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

Rakestale :: Rakestale (n.) The handle of a rake.

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..

Mandrake :: Mandrake (n.) The May apple (Podophyllum peltatum). See May apple under May, and Podophyllum..

Parrot :: Parrot (n.) Any species of Psittacus, Chrysotis, Pionus, and other genera of the family Psittacidae, as distinguished from the parrakeets, macaws, and lories. They have a short rounded or even tail, and often a naked space on the cheeks. The gray parrot, or jako (P. erithacus) of Africa (see Jako), and the species of Amazon, or green, parrots (Chrysotis) of America, are examples. Many species, as cage birds, readily learn to imitate sounds, and to repeat words and phrases..

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