OVER-RAKE, among seamen: When a ship riding at anchor so overbeats herself into a high sea, that she is walked by the waves breaking in upon her, they say the waves over-rake her.
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OVER-RAKE, among seamen: When a ship riding at anchor so overbeats herself into a high sea, that she is walked by the waves breaking in upon her, they say the waves over-rake her.