RAVEHOOK

ravehook

(noun) a hooked hand tool used to prepare the seams of a boat for oakum

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Rave"hook, n. (Shipbuilding)

Definition: A tool, hooked at the end, for enlarging or clearing seams for the reception of oakum.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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20 June 2025

MODEST

(adjective) marked by simplicity; having a humble opinion of yourself; “a modest apartment”; “too modest to wear his medals”


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According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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