Thesaurus / strake
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How to use strake in a sentence
"I've got one-fraction of an inch play, at any rate," said the garboard-strake, triumphantly.
KIPLING STORIES AND POEMS EVERY CHILD SHOULD KNOW, BOOK IIRUDYARD KIPLINGKeel outside garboard strake, inclusive of thickness of keelband, (p. 151) if any, shall not exceed in depth 1½ in.
YACHTING VOL. 2VARIOUS.He passed with long strides from rock to rock, and returned dragging wildly sometimes a rider, sometimes a binding strake.
TOILERS OF THE SEAVICTOR HUGOThe most forward of them he strake from his horse, and brake his thigh with the fall.
THE LIVES OF THE III NORMANS, KINGS OF ENGLAND: WILLIAM THE FIRST, WILLIAM THE SECOND, HENRIE THE FIRSTJOHN HAYWARDTobias met his father at the door, and strake of the gall on his father's eyes, saying: Be of good hope, my father.
THE WORLDS GREATEST BOOKS, VOLUME XIII.VARIOUSHer slim black body, her white, beautifully set sails—not a strake or an inch of canvas on her that he did not know and love.
THE WIND BLOWETHBRIAN OSWALD DONN-BYRNEWhenever one half of the length of the strake of flax is heckled, it is turned round to heckle the other half.
A DICTIONARY OF ARTS, MANUFACTURES AND MINESANDREW UREOne shot more vvas then made, which strake the foote of the fort vvall, which vvas all massiue timber of great trees like Mastes.
A SVMMARIE AND TRVE DISCOVRSE OF SIR FRANCES DRAKES VVEST INDIAN VOYAGERICHARD FIELDThe upper strake of my boat I also painted yellow, and to finish off christened my craft the "Yellow Boy."
JETHOUE. R. SUFFLINGSir Matthew spake no worde, but strake his horse with the spurrs sorer than he dyde before.
HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS IN THE BORDERANDREW LANGWORDS RELATED TO STRAKE
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