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Meaning of OVERRAKE

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\O`ver*rake"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overraked}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Overraking}.] (Naut.)
To rake over, or sweep across, from end to end, as waves that
break over a vessel anchored with head to the sea.
 

 

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