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Shelduck :: Shelduck (n.) The sheldrake.

Rake :: Rake (v. t.) To collect or draw together with laborious industry; to gather from a wide space; to scrape together; as, to rake together wealth; to rake together slanderous tales; to rake together the rabble of a town..

Brake :: Brake (v. t.) An extended handle by means of which a number of men can unite in working a pump, as in a fire engine..

Rake :: Rake (v. i.) To pass with violence or rapidity; to scrape along.

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..

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.

Rake :: Rake (v. i.) To incline from a perpendicular direction; as, a mast rakes aft..

Skeldrake :: Skeldrake (n.) Alt. of Skieldrak.

Skirlcrake :: Skirlcrake (n.) The turnstone.

Racleness :: Racleness (n.) See Rakelness.

Rake :: Rake (n.) An implement consisting of a headpiece having teeth, and a long handle at right angles to it, -- used for collecting hay, or other light things which are spread over a large surface, or for breaking and smoothing the earth..

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

Libertine :: Libertine (n.) One free from restraint; one who acts according to his impulses and desires; now, specifically, one who gives rein to lust; a rake; a debauchee..

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

Rakel :: Rakel (a.) Hasty; reckless; rash.

Brake :: Brake (v. t.) A large, heavy harrow for breaking clods after plowing; a drag..

Paraquito :: Paraquito (n.) See Parrakeet.

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

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..

Braky :: Braky (a.) Full of brakes; abounding with brambles, shrubs, or ferns; rough; thorny..

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