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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..

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

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

Rake :: Rake (v. t.) To pass a rake over; to scrape or scratch with a rake for the purpose of collecting and clearing off something, or for stirring up the soil; as, to rake a lawn; to rake a flower bed..

Wale :: Wale (n.) Certain sets or strakes of the outside planking of a vessel; as, the main wales, or the strakes of planking under the port sills of the gun deck; channel wales, or those along the spar deck, etc..

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

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

Brake :: Brake () imp. of Break.

Brakeman :: Brakeman (n.) The man in charge of the winding (or hoisting) engine for a mine.

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

Skirlcrake :: Skirlcrake (n.) The turnstone.

Cataract :: Cataract (n.) A kind of hydraulic brake for regulating the action of pumping engines and other machines; -- sometimes called dashpot.

Kraken :: Kraken (n.) A fabulous Scandinavian sea monster, often represented as resembling an island, but sometimes as resembling an immense octopus..

Barleybrake :: Barleybrake (n.) Alt. of Barleybrea.

Raker :: Raker (n.) One who, or that which, rakes.

Rake :: Rake (n.) A fissure or mineral vein traversing the strata vertically, or nearly so; -- called also rake-vein..

Raked :: Raked (imp. & p. p.) of Rak.

Sheldrake :: Sheldrake (n.) Any one of the American mergansers.

Break :: Break (v. t.) A device for checking motion, or for measuring friction. See Brake, n. 9 & 10..

Rake :: Rake (n.) A toothed machine drawn by a horse, -- used for collecting hay or grain; a horserake..

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