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Rakeshame :: Rakeshame (n.) A vile, dissolute wretch..

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

Firedrake :: Firedrake (n.) A fiery meteor; an ignis fatuus; a rocket.

Strake :: Strake (n.) An iron band by which the fellies of a wheel are secured to each other, being not continuous, as the tire is, but made up of separate pieces..

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

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

Drake :: Drake (n.) A dragon.

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

Firedrake :: Firedrake (n.) A fiery dragon.

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

Brake :: Brake (n.) A fern of the genus Pteris, esp. the P. aquilina, common in almost all countries. It has solitary stems dividing into three principal branches. Less properly: Any fern..

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

Rakehelly :: Rakehelly (a.) Dissolute; wild; lewd; rakish.

Wellat :: Wellat (n.) The king parrakeet See under King.

Brake :: Brake (n.) A thicket; a place overgrown with shrubs and brambles, with undergrowth and ferns, or with canes..

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..

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

Rakehell :: Rakehell (a.) Alt. of Rakehell.

Rakery :: Rakery (n.) Debauchery; lewdness.

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

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