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

Strake :: Strake (n.) A streak.

Brake :: Brake () imp. of Break.

Mallard :: Mallard (a.) A drake; the male of Anas boschas.

Drank :: Drank (n.) Wild oats, or darnel grass. See Drake a plant..

Racleness :: Racleness (n.) See Rakelness.

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..

Hood :: Hood (n.) The endmost plank of a strake which reaches the stem or stern.

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

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..

Skieldrake :: Skieldrake (n.) The common European sheldrake.

Rake :: Rake (v. t.) To enfilade; to fire in a direction with the length of; in naval engagements, to cannonade, as a ship, on the stern or head so that the balls range the whole length of the deck..

Enfilade :: Enfilade (v. t.) To pierce, scour, or rake with shot in the direction of the length of, as a work, or a line of troops..

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

Drake :: Drake (n.) The male of the duck kind.

Moonraker :: Moonraker (n.) Same as Moonsail.

Brake :: Brake (v. t.) That part of a carriage, as of a movable battery, or engine, which enables it to turn..

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..

Canebrake :: Canebrake (n.) A thicket of canes.

Corncrake :: Corncrake (n.) A bird (Crex crex or C. pratensis) which frequents grain fields; the European crake or land rail; -- called also corn bird.

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