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| raft 1
(rāft) Pronunciation Key
n.
v. tr.
To travel by raft. [Middle English, from Old Norse raptr, beam, rafter.] |
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| raft 2
(rāft) Pronunciation Key
n. Informal A great number, amount, or collection: "As the prairie dog goes, conservation biologists say, so may go a raft of other creatures" (William K. Stevens). [Alteration of dialectal raff, rubbish; see raffish.] |
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