What is the meaning of RAFT. Phrases containing RAFT
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George Raft is British rhyming slang for a draught of air.George Raft is London Cockney rhyming slang for a banker's draft.George Raft is London Cockney rhyming slang for hard work (graft).
Adam and Eve on a raft is American slang for two poached eggs on toast.
On a life raft, the painter is the line that is attached to the valve/mouth of CO2 cylinder. When a life raft is packed in the container the painter is left outside the container and is available to be pulled upon to quickly inflate the raft.
a pile of timber; logs or boards tied together to float passengers on a river or the ocean
On a raft is American slang for on toast.
ice piled up after a stormy sea
Raft is American slang for a large collection of people or things taken indiscriminately.
Rafting on the Rio Caca is American medical slang for massive diarrhoea.
A large quantity.
Refers to dying and death, since the painter here is a personal one that describes a sailor's link with life. On a life raft, the painter is the line that is attached to the valve/mouth of CO2 cylinder. When a life raft is packed in the container the painter is left outside the container and is available to be pulled upon to quickly inflate the raft.
ADAM AND EVE ON A RAFT AND WRECK 'EM
Adam and Eve on a raft and wreck 'em is American slang for scrambled eggs on toast.
An inflatable, covered raft, used in the event of a vessel being abandoned. Usually stored in fiberglass containers which are designed to automatically open and deploy if the ship sinks.
Draft. There's a bit of a george in here.
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n.
A brace strengthening a post and some connected part, as a rafter or crossbeam; a strut.
n.
Thin boards for sheathing, as above the rafters, and under the shingles or slates, and for similar purposes.
v. t.
To transport on a raft, or in the form of a raft; to make into a raft; as, to raft timber.
n.
The force or pressure of one part of a construction against other parts; especially (Arch.), a horizontal or diagonal outward pressure, as of an arch against its abutments, or of rafters against the wall which support them.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Raft
v. t.
To rafter; to plow in ridges, as land.
v. i.
A long piece of timber, as a rafter, etc.
n.
A rafter.
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A beam acting as a tie, as at the bottom of a pair of principal rafters, to prevent them from thrusting out the wall. See Illust. of Timbers, under Roof.
v. t.
That which is towed, or drawn by a towline, as a barge, raft, collection of boats, ect.
n.
An iron socket or plate to take the thrust of a strut or rafter.
imp. & p. p.
of Raft
v. t.
To make into rafters, as timber.
n.
A raftsman.
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The timber forming the ridge of a roof, into which the rafters are secured.
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A man engaged in rafting.
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The business of making or managing rafts.
v. t.
To furnish with rafters, as a house.
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