rake (n)

rake n And he went up this evening an' cut a keel for to build a cod seine skiff.This keel,if the boat would be thirty feet long ,this keel would be anywhere around twenty five or twenty six or eight feet long,see, 'cordin' to the rake they had on their stem,you know,their stern - pit...

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Language:English
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English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
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Summary:rake n And he went up this evening an' cut a keel for to build a cod seine skiff.This keel,if the boat would be thirty feet long ,this keel would be anywhere around twenty five or twenty six or eight feet long,see, 'cordin' to the rake they had on their stem,you know,their stern - pitch,you might call it; I' don't know what you'd call it.We call it the rake. (ie the curvature of planking ?) (ie the curvature of planking ?) Yes J. D. A. WIDDOWSON AUG 1973 Used I Used I Withdrawn Although the head word appears in the dictionary, the sense in which it is used here does not appear.

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