Definition of rake

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Rake (v. i.) To incline from a perpendicular direction; as, a mast rakes aft..

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Bracken :: Bracken (n.) A brake or fern.
Skeelgoose :: Skeelgoose (n.) The common European sheldrake.
Rake :: Rake (n.) A fissure or mineral vein traversing the strata vertically, or nearly so; -- called also rake-vein..
Shank :: Shank (v.) That part of a hoe, rake, knife, or the like, by which it is secured to a handle..
Crowberry :: Crowberry (n.) A heathlike plant of the genus Empetrum, and its fruit, a black, scarcely edible berry; -- also called crakeberry..
Drake :: Drake (n.) Wild oats, brome grass, or darnel grass; -- called also drawk, dravick, and drank..
Stealing :: Stealer (n.) The endmost plank of a strake which stops short of the stem or stern.
Land :: Land (n.) The lap of the strakes in a clinker-built boat; the lap of plates in an iron vessel; -- called also landing.
Mandragora :: Mandragora (n.) A genus of plants; the mandrake. See Mandrake, 1..
Water Crake :: Water crake () The spotted crake (Porzana maruetta). See Illust. of Crake.
Keelrake :: Keelrake (v. t.) Same as Keelhaul.
Conure :: Conure (n.) An American parrakeet of the genus Conurus. Many species are known. See Parrakeet.
Mallard :: Mallard (a.) A drake; the male of Anas boschas.
Winter''s Bark :: Winter's bark () The aromatic bark of tree (Drimys, / Drymis, Winteri) of the Magnolia family, which is found in Southern Chili. It was first used as a cure for scurvy by its discoverer, Captain John Winter, vice admiral to sir Francis Drake, in 1577..
Brakemen :: Brakemen (pl. ) of Brakema.
Fraken :: Fraken (n.) A freckle.
Break :: Break (v. t.) A device for checking motion, or for measuring friction. See Brake, n. 9 & 10..
Moonraker :: Moonraker (n.) Same as Moonsail.
Braky :: Braky (a.) Full of brakes; abounding with brambles, shrubs, or ferns; rough; thorny..
Green-leek :: Green-leek (n.) An Australian parrakeet (Polytelis Barrabandi); -- called also the scarlet-breasted parrot.
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