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Rafter
Rafter Raft"er, n.
A raftsman.
RafterRafter Raft"er, n. [AS. r[ae]fter; akin to E. raft, n. See
Raft.] (Arch.)
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. Rafter
Rafter Raft"er, v. t.
1. To make into rafters, as timber.
2. To furnish with rafters, as a house.
3. (Agric.) To plow so as to turn the grass side of each
furrow upon an unplowed ridge; to ridge. [Eng.]
Meaning of Rafter from wikipedia
- A
rafter is one of a
series of
sloped structural members such as
steel beams that
extend from the
ridge or hip to the wall plate,
downslope perimeter or...
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Patrick Michael Rafter (born 28
December 1972) is an
Australian former world No. 1
tennis player. He
reached the top ****ociation of
Tennis Professionals...
- the tongue. The
square has many uses,
including laying out
common rafters, hip
rafters and stairs. It has a
diagonal scale,
board foot
scale and an octagonal...
- A
rafter is a
structural member to
support a roof deck.
Rafter may also
refer to:
Rafter,
someone emplo**** in
timber rafting, i.e. the
floating of timber...
- The
second season of
Packed to the
Rafters, an
Australian drama television series,
began airing on 30 June 2009 on the
Seven Network. The
season concluded...
- The
sixth and
final season of
Packed to the
Rafters, an
Australian television drama series,
premiered on 23
April 2013 on the
Seven Network. The series...
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Thomas Athol Rafter OBE (5
March 1913 – 26
September 1996) was a New
Zealand nuclear chemist.
Rafter was born in Wellington, New
Zealand in on 5 March...
- 5–1
against Rafter, and
defeated Rafter three times in fall 1997 to
solidify his No. 1 ATP ranking. "We're not the best of mates,"
Rafter said of Sampras...
- The
fourth season of
Packed to the
Rafters, an
Australian drama television series,
began on 8
February 2011 on the
Seven Network. The
season concluded...
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Packed to the
Rafters is an
Australian family-oriented
comedy drama television program which premiered on the
Seven Network on
Tuesday 26
August 2008...
