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Rake :: Rake (v. i.) To walk about; to gad or ramble idly.

Conure :: Conure (n.) An American parrakeet of the genus Conurus. Many species are known. See Parrakeet.

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

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..

Raker :: Raker (n.) See Gill rakers, under 1st Gill..

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

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..

Shoe :: Shoe (n.) The part of a railroad car brake which presses upon the wheel to retard its motion.

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

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..

Handwheel :: Handwheel (n.) Any wheel worked by hand; esp., one the rim of which serves as the handle by which a valve, car brake, or other part is adjusted..

Paroquet :: Paroquet (n.) Same as Parrakeet.

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

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

Shielddrake :: Shielddrake (n.) A sheldrake.

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.

Ringstraked :: Ringstraked (a.) Ring-streaked.

Drake :: Drake (n.) The drake fly.

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..

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