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Racle :: Racle (a.) See Rakel.

Perroquet :: Perroquet (n.) See Paroquet, Parakeet..

Hood :: Hood (n.) The endmost plank of a strake which reaches the stem or stern.

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..

Strake :: Strake () imp. of Strike.

Rakehell :: Rakehell (n.) A lewd, dissolute fellow; a debauchee; a rake..

Raker :: Raker (n.) A machine for raking grain or hay by horse or other power.

Rake :: Rake (v. t.) To search through; to scour; to ransack.

Green-leek :: Green-leek (n.) An Australian parrakeet (Polytelis Barrabandi); -- called also the scarlet-breasted parrot.

Garboard :: Garboard (n.) One of the planks next the keel on the outside, which form a garboard strake..

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

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

But :: But (v. t.) The joint where two planks in a strake meet.

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

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

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..

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..

Turnstone :: Turnstone (n.) Any species of limicoline birds of the genera Strepsilas and Arenaria, allied to the plovers, especially the common American and European species (Strepsilas interpres). They are so called from their habit of turning up small stones in search of mollusks and other aquatic animals. Called also brant bird, sand runner, sea quail, sea lark, sparkback, and skirlcrake..

Drakestone :: Drakestone (n.) A flat stone so thrown along the surface of water as to skip from point to point before it sinks; also, the sport of so throwing stones; -- sometimes called ducks and drakes..

Brakemen :: Brakemen (pl. ) of Brakema.

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