rudder-rake

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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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• Rudder

  ·noun A riddle or sieve. II. Rudder ·noun Fig.: That which resembles a rudder as a guide or governo...

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• rudder

  The appendage attached by pintles and braces to the stern-post of a vessel, by which its course thro...

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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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• keel-rake

  Synonymous with keel-haul. See keel-hauling. ...

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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 bands

  Ancient ships had two great broad-bladed oars for rudders. These, when not in use, were lifted out o...

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• jury-rudder

  A contrivance, of which there are several kinds, for supplying a vessel with the means of steering w...

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• rudder braces

  The iron or composition hinges on which a rudder turns. ...

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• rudder bands or braces

  The iron or composition hinges on which a rudder turns. ...

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• rudder-case

  The same as rudder-trunk (which see). ...

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• rudder-chains

  Strong copper chains connected with the aft side of the rudder by a span clamp and shackles. They ar...

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• rudder-chalder

  The same as gudgeon (which see) and chalder. ...

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• rudder-chocks

  See chock. ...

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• rudder-coat

  A canvas coat affixed to the rudder, encasing the opening in the counter, to prevent the sea from ru...

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• rudder-gudgeon

  Those secured to a ship are termed braces; gudgeon is more applicable to boats or small vessels. ...

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• rudder-head

  The upper end of the rudder-stock. Also, the flat surface of the trunk, which in cabins and ward-roo...

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• rudder-horn

  A kind of iron crutch bolted to the back of the rudder, for attaching the rudder chains to in case o...

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• rudder-house

  Synonymous with wheel-house. ...

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• rudder-irons

  The pintles, gudgeons, and braces of the rudder are frequently so called, though they were usually o...

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• rudder-pendants

  (See rudder-chains.) Hempen pendants fastened to the rudder-chains, for steering in cases of acciden...

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• rudder-pintles

  The hooks attached to the rudder, which enter the braces, and hang it. ...

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• rudder-stock

  The main piece of a rudder. ...

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• rudder-tackles

  Attached to the rudder-pendants. ...

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• rudder-trunk

  A casing of wood fitted or boxed firmly into a cavity in the vessel's counter, called the helm port,...

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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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• hanging the rudder

  So as to allow the pintles to fall into their corresponding braces, constantly in boats, and frequen...

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• horns of the rudder

  See rudder-horn. ...

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• key of the rudder

  (See wood-locks of the rudder.) In machinery, applies to wedges, forelocks, &c. ...

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• sole of the rudder

  A piece of timber attached to its lower part to render it nearly level with the false keel. ...

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• straps of the rudder

  See pintles. ...

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• main-piece of the rudder

  The rudder-stock, or piece which is connected by the rudder-bands to the stern-post. ...

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• wood-locks of the rudder

  Pieces of timber sheathed with copper, in coppered ships, placed in the throating or scores of the s...

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