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Rake
·vi To walk about; to gad or ramble idly. II. Rake ·vi To pass with violence or rapidity; to scrape...

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rake
to rake a fire, to heap small coals on the fire, that it may burn all the night, practised in the No...

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rake
The projection of the upper parts of a ship, at both ends, beyond the extremities of the keel. Also,...

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Keel
·noun Fig.: The whole ship. II. Keel ·noun A brewer's cooling vat; a keelfat. III. Keel ·vi To tur...

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keel
a coal-barge. Northumb. The men belonging to it KEEL-MEN. ...

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keel
The lowest and principal timber of a ship, running fore and aft its whole length, and supporting the...

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Muck rake
·add. ·- A rake for scraping up muck or dung. ·see <<Muckrake>>, ·vi, below. ...

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Rake-vein
·noun ·see <<Rake>>, a mineral vein. ...

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Top rake
·add. ·- The angle that the front edge of the point of a tool is set back from the normal to the sur...

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duddering rake
A thundering rake, a buck of the first head, one extremely lewd. ...

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rake, rakehell
or RAKESHAME A lewd, debauched fellow. ...

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cart-rake
a cart-track. Essex. ...

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after-rake
That part of the hull which overhangs the after-end of keel. ...

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fore-rake
That part of the hull which rakes beyond the fore-end of the keel. ...

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over-rake
When a ship rides at anchor in a head-sea, the waves of which frequently break in upon her, they are...

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rudder-rake
The aftermost part of the rudder. ...

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Fin keel
·add. ·- A projection downward from the keel of a yacht, resembling in shape the fin of a fish, thou...

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keel bullies
Men employed to load and unload the coal vessels. ...

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to keel over
A nautical term; to capsize or upset, and metaphorically applied to a sudden prostration. As it see...

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even keel
When a ship is so trimmed as to sit evenly upon the water, drawing the same depth forward as aft. So...

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false keel
A kind of supplemental or additional keel secured under the main one, to protect it should the ship ...

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humber-keel
A particular clincher-built craft used on the Humber. ...

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keel-blocks
Short log ends of timbers on which the keel of a vessel rests while building or repairing, affording...

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keel-deeters
The wives and daughters of keelmen, who sweep and clean the keels, having the sweepings of small coa...

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keel-hauling
A severe punishment formerly inflicted for various offences, especially in the Dutch navy. The culpr...

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keel leg
Means any anchor; as, "she has come to a keelock." ...

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keel hook
Means any anchor; as, "she has come to a keelock." ...

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keel-pieces
The parts of the keel which are of large timber. ...

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keel-rope
A coarse rope formerly used for cleaning the limber-holes. ...

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keel-staples
Generally made of copper, from six to twelve inches long, with a jagged hook to each end. They are d...

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main-keel
The principal keel, as distinguished from the false-keel and the keelson. ...

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safety-keel
A construction of keel for further security, by Oliver Lang. ...

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sliding-keel
A contrivance to prevent vessels from being driven to leeward by a side-wind; it is composed of plan...

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to rake and scrape
To collect. Where under the sun, says I to myself, did he rake and scrape together such super-super...

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keel the pot
skim the pot. North. See Love's Labour's Lost. ...

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heaving keel out
The utmost effect to be produced by careening, viz. to raise the keel out of the water in order to r...

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hove keel out
Hove so completely over the beam-ends that the keel is above the water. ...

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scarphs of the keel
The joints, when a keel is made of several pieces. (See scarph.) ...

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tread of a keel
The length of her keel. ...

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