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English Dictionary: raft	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
raft n a flat float (usually made of logs or planks) that can be used for transport or as a platform for swimmers (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money" Synonym(s): batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad v transport on a raft; "raft wood down a river" travel by raft in water; "Raft the Colorado River" make into a raft; "raft these logs"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Raft \Raft\, obs. imp. & p. p. of {Reave}. --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Raft \Raft\, n. [Originally, a rafter, spar, and fr. Icel. raptr a rafter; akin to Dan. raft, Prov. G. raff a rafter, spar; cf. OHG. r[be]fo, r[be]vo, a beam, rafter, Icel. r[be]f 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. [Perhaps akin to raff a heap.] A large collection of people or things taken indiscriminately. [Slang, U. S.] [bd]A whole raft of folks.[b8] --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}. [The name alludes to its swimming in dense flocks.] (Zo[94]l.) (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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Raft \Raft\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rafted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Rafting}.] To transport on a raft, or in the form of a raft; to make into a raft; as, to raft timber.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Reave \Reave\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reaved}, {Reft}, or {Raft}(obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. {Reaving}.] [AS. re[a0]fian, from re[a0]f spoil, plunder, clothing, re[a2]fan to break (cf. bire[a2]fan to deprive of); akin to G. rauben to rob, Icel. raufa to rob, rj[umac]fa to break, violate, Goth. bir[a0]ubon to despoil, L. rumpere to break; cf. Skr. lup to break. [root]114. Cf. {Bereave}, {Rob}, v. t., {Robe}, {Rove}, v. t., {Rupture}.] To take away by violence or by stealth; to snatch away; to rob; to despoil; to bereave. [Archaic]. [bd]To reave his life.[b8] --Spenser. He golden apples raft of the dragon. --Chaucer. By privy stratagem my life at home. --Chapman.