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RAFTERS
Noun
rafters
plural of rafter
Anagrams
• farters, fraters, strafer
Proper noun
Rafters
plural of Rafter
Anagrams
• farters, fraters, strafer
Source: Wiktionary
RAFTER
Raft"er, n.
Definition: A raftsman.
Raft"er, n. Etym: [AS. ræfter; akin to E. raft, n. See Raft.] (Arch.)
Definition: Originally, any rough and somewhat heavy piece of timber. Now, commonly, one of the timbers of a roof which are put on sloping, according to the inclination of the roof. See Illust. of Queen-post. [Courtesy] oft is sooner found in lowly sheds, With smoky rafters, than in tapestry halls. Milton.
Raft"er, v. t.
1. To make into rafters, as timber.
2. To furnish with rafters, as a house.
3. (Agric.)
Definition: To plow so as to turn the grass side of each furrow upon an unplowed ridge; to ridge. [Eng.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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