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RAFTING
Verb
rafting
present participle of raft
Noun
rafting (uncountable)
The sport of guiding a raft while descending a river, especially through rapids known as white water rafting.
Anagrams
• farting, ingraft
Source: Wiktionary
Raft"ing, n.
Definition: The business of making or managing rafts.
RAFT
Raft, obs.
Definition: imp. & p. p. of Reave. Spenser.
Raft, n. Etym: [Originally, a rafter, spar, and fr. Icel. raptr a rafter; akin to Dan. raft, Prov. G. raff a rafter, spar; cf. OHG. rafo, ravo, a beam, rafter, Icel. raf roof. Cf. Rafter, n.]
1. A collection of logs, boards, pieces of timber, or the like, fastened, together, either for their own collective conveyance on the water, or to serve as a support in conveying other things; a float.
2. A collection of logs, fallen trees, etc. (such as is formed in some Western rivers of the United States), which obstructs navigation. [U.S.]
3. Etym: [Perhaps akin to raff a heap.]
Definition: A large collection of people or things taken indiscriminately. [Slang, U. S.] "A whole raft of folks." W. D. Howells. Raft bridge. (a) A bridge whose points of support are rafts. (b) A bridge that consists of floating timbers fastened together.
– Raft duck. Etym: [The name alludes to its swimming in dense flocks.] (Zoöl.) (a) The bluebill, or greater scaup duck; -- called also flock duck. See Scaup. (b) The redhead.
– Raft port (Naut.), a large, square port in a vessel's side for loading or unloading timber or other bulky articles; a timber or lumber port.
Raft, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rafted; p. pr. & vb. n. Rafting.]
Definition: To transport on a raft, or in the form of a raft; to make into a raft; as, to raft timber.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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