Definition of rake

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Rake (n.) The inclination of anything from a perpendicular direction; as, the rake of a roof, a staircase, etc..

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Brake :: Brake (v. t.) A cart or carriage without a body, used in breaking in horses..
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..
Drake :: Drake (n.) The male of the duck kind.
Sheldfowl :: Sheldfowl (n.) The common sheldrake.
Kraken :: Kraken (n.) A fabulous Scandinavian sea monster, often represented as resembling an island, but sometimes as resembling an immense octopus..
Land :: Land (n.) The lap of the strakes in a clinker-built boat; the lap of plates in an iron vessel; -- called also landing.
Strake :: Strake (n.) One breadth of planks or plates forming a continuous range on the bottom or sides of a vessel, reaching from the stem to the stern; a streak..
Shank :: Shank (v.) That part of a hoe, rake, knife, or the like, by which it is secured to a handle..
Brakeman :: Brakeman (n.) A man in charge of a brake or brakes.
Rake :: Rake (n.) A toothed machine drawn by a horse, -- used for collecting hay or grain; a horserake..
Breakman :: Breakman (n.) See Brakeman.
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..
Drake :: Drake (n.) A small piece of artillery.
Lapstrake :: Lapstrake (a.) Made with boards whose edges lap one over another; clinker-built; -- said of boats.
Rake :: Rake (v. i.) To pass with violence or rapidity; to scrape along.
Raking :: Raking (n.) A space gone over with a rake; also, the work done, or the quantity of hay, grain, etc., collected, by going once over a space with a rake..
Crake :: Crake (n.) A boast. See Crack, n..
Raked :: Raked (imp. & p. p.) of Rak.
Wellat :: Wellat (n.) The king parrakeet See under King.
Parrakeet :: Parrakeet (n.) Alt. of Parakee.
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