rab
[ rab ]
noun
a wooden beater for mixing plaster or mortar.
Origin of rab
1First recorded in 1815–25, rab is from the French word rabot
Words Nearby rab
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How to use rab in a sentence
“We are paying through the nose for prestige,” Goldrick-rab said.
The Real College Crisis Isn’t About Student Loan Rates | Patricia Murphy | July 11, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTrab has the distinction of having studied his anatomy from the human body.
Old-Time Makers of Medicine | James J. Walshrab, greatly frightened, asked the apparition (for it was a spirit that stood before him) what it wanted.
The Mysteries of All Nations | James GrantAfter having obtained the degree of doctor and the title of rab, he lectured on Talmudic law in Safed.
Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ | Rev. A. Bernstein, B.D.I need hardly add, that the story of rab and his Friends is in all essentials strictly matter of fact.
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Did we serve our God with half the zeal rab served his, we might trust to sleep as peacefully in our graves as he does in his.
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