Definition of rake

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

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Rakehelly :: Rakehelly (a.) Dissolute; wild; lewd; rakish.
Skeldrake :: Skeldrake (n.) Alt. of Skieldrak.
Brake :: Brake (v. t.) A cart or carriage without a body, used in breaking in horses..
Brake :: Brake (v. t.) An ancient engine of war analogous to the crossbow and ballista.
Drake :: Drake (n.) Wild oats, brome grass, or darnel grass; -- called also drawk, dravick, and drank..
Rake :: Rake (n.) A toothed machine drawn by a horse, -- used for collecting hay or grain; a horserake..
Crake :: Crake (n.) Any species or rail of the genera Crex and Porzana; -- so called from its singular cry. See Corncrake.
Slipper :: Slipper (n.) A kind of brake or shoe for a wagon wheel.
Brake :: Brake (v. t.) An ancient instrument of torture.
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..
Shank :: Shank (v.) That part of a hoe, rake, knife, or the like, by which it is secured to a handle..
Firedrake :: Firedrake (n.) A fiery meteor; an ignis fatuus; a rocket.
Drake :: Drake (n.) The drake fly.
Rake :: Rake (v. t.) To search through; to scour; to ransack.
Rake :: Rake (n.) A loose, disorderly, vicious man; a person addicted to lewdness and other scandalous vices; a debauchee; a roue..
Rake :: Rake (v. t.) To scrape or scratch across; to pass over quickly and lightly, as a rake does..
Hayrake :: Hayrake (n.) A rake for collecting hay; especially, a large rake drawn by a horse or horses..
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..
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..
Parakeet :: Parakeet (n.) Any one of numerous species of small parrots having a graduated tail, which is frequently very long; -- called also paroquet and paraquet..
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