Raft

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Raft \Raft\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rafted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Rafting}.]
     To transport on a raft, or in the form of a raft; to make
     into a raft; as, to raft timber.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Raft \Raft\ (r[.a]ft), obs.
     imp. & p. p. of {Reave}. --Spenser.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Raft \Raft\, n. [Originally, a rafter, spar, and fr. Icel. raptr
     a rafter; akin to Dan. raft, Prov. G. raff a rafter, spar;
     cf. OHG. r[=a]fo, r[=a]vo, a beam, rafter, Icel. r[=a]f roof.
     Cf. {Rafter}, n.]
     1. A collection of logs, boards, pieces of timber, or the
        like, fastened together, either for their own collective
        conveyance on the water, or to serve as a support in
        conveying other things; a float.
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     2. A collection of logs, fallen trees, etc. (such as is
        formed in some Western rivers of the United States), which
        obstructs navigation. [U.S.]
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     3. [Perhaps akin to raff a heap.] A large collection of
        people or things taken indiscriminately. [Slang, U. S.] "A
        whole raft of folks." --W. D. Howells.
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     {Raft bridge}.
        (a) A bridge whose points of support are rafts.
        (b) A bridge that consists of floating timbers fastened
            together.
  
     {Raft duck}. [The name alludes to its swimming in dense
        flocks.] (Zool.)
        (a) The bluebill, or greater scaup duck; -- called also
            {flock duck}. See {Scaup}.
        (b) The redhead.
  
     {Raft port} (Naut.), a large, square port in a vessel's side
        for loading or unloading timber or other bulky articles; a
        timber or lumber port.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Reave \Reave\ (r[=e]v), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reaved} (r[=e]vd),
     {Reft} (r[e^]ft), or {Raft} (r[.a]ft) (obs.); p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Reaving}.] [AS. re['a]fian, from re['a]f spoil, plunder,
     clothing, re['o]fan to break (cf. bire['o]fan to deprive of);
     akin to G. rauben to rob, Icel. raufa to rob, rj[=u]fa to
     break, violate, Goth. bir['a]ub[=o]n to despoil, L. rumpere
     to break; cf. Skr. lup to break. [root]114. Cf. {Bereave},
     {Rob}, v. t., {Robe}, {Rove}, v. i., {Rupture}.]
     To take away by violence or by stealth; to snatch away; to
     rob; to despoil; to bereave. [Archaic]. "To reave his life."
     --Spenser.
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           He golden apples raft of the dragon.     --Chaucer.
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           If the wooers reave
           By privy stratagem my life at home.      --Chapman.
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           To reave the orphan of his patrimony.    --Shak.
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           The heathen caught and reft him of his tongue.
                                                    --Tennyson.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  raft
       n 1: a flat float (usually made of logs or planks) that can be
            used for transport or as a platform for swimmers
       2: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent;
          "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of
          money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "it must
          have cost plenty" [syn: {batch}, {deal}, {flock}, {good
          deal}, {great deal}, {hatful}, {heap}, {lot}, {mass}, {mess},
           {mickle}, {mint}, {muckle}, {peck}, {pile}, {plenty}, {pot},
           {quite a little}, {sight}, {slew}, {spate}, {stack}, {tidy
          sum}, {wad}, {whole lot}, {whole slew}]
       v 1: transport on a raft; "raft wood down a river"
       2: travel by raft in water; "Raft the Colorado River"
       3: make into a raft; "raft these logs"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  62 Moby Thesaurus words for "raft":
     Carling float, balsa, balsa raft, barge, batch, boat, bob, boom,
     buoy, bus, cart, coach, considerable, cork, deal, dray, ferry,
     float, gobs, good deal, great deal, haul, heap, heaps, lashings,
     life buoy, life preserver, life raft, lighter, loads, lot, lots,
     mess, mint, oodles, pack, peck, pile, piles, pontoon, pot,
     quite a little, rafts, scads, ship, sight, sled, sledge, slew,
     slews, spate, stack, stacks, surfboard, tidy sum, truck, van, wad,
     wads, wagon, wheelbarrow, whole slew