raft nA pile of timber; logs or boards tied together to float passengers on a river or the ocean in escaping from a wreck.PRINTED ITEMG.M.Story July 1956Used IUsed IWithdrawnAlthough the head word appears in the dictionary, the sense in which the word is used here does not appear in the dictionary
wing na mass of rafted logs ground [ed?] by the shore.G.M.Story WKOCT 1 1983 SUPNot usedNot used...
raft 1 vThey seemed to be on the verge of success, then the ice buckled and began to raft. Huge ...
raft 1 vOn them swept the floe, crashed into the fixed ice, shattered its edge, rose up out of t...
raft nA floating platform. ("Used in place of a bridge".)W. J. KIRWIN JAN 1972JH JAN ...
raft nA raft of wood was brought from the river on June 11. . [to Buckle Island]. Whiteley...
raft 1 vFrom this boom the logs were rafted (raft means to tie logs side by side) and towed ....
raft 1 vAt day-light five hands went to Furriers Cove to raft some of the stage timber down to the ...
raft 1 v[SORDEN 93 A unit or raft of logs on a river or lake.] exx. of rafter, and rafting ...
raft 1 vWhen this man rafted (a raft of log was made up of from twenty to thirty logs tied by the b...
raft nYesterday afternoon the Long Bridge was swept away by rafting ice which was carried by the o...
raft n...the 'Fife' was torn from her moorings and hurled across to Bowring's South Side wharf w...
raft nn. OED 2 ( 149) v. 1 to transport by water : a, in the ...
rafter v. . .schooner rafted out o' the water altogether, out on her beam ends, an' they had t...
raft 1 vThe ice began to "raft," i.e. rise and pile up under its own weight and driven by the move...
rafting vbl nto convey (as people or cargo) on or by means of a raftG. an authentic ...
wing na mass of rafted logs ground [ed?] by the shore.G.M.Story WKOCT 1 1983 SUPNot usedNot used...
raft 1 vThey seemed to be on the verge of success, then the ice buckled and began to raft. Huge ...
raft 1 vOn them swept the floe, crashed into the fixed ice, shattered its edge, rose up out of t...
raft nA floating platform. ("Used in place of a bridge".)W. J. KIRWIN JAN 1972JH JAN ...
raft nA raft of wood was brought from the river on June 11. . [to Buckle Island]. Whiteley...
raft 1 vFrom this boom the logs were rafted (raft means to tie logs side by side) and towed ....
raft 1 vAt day-light five hands went to Furriers Cove to raft some of the stage timber down to the ...
raft 1 v[SORDEN 93 A unit or raft of logs on a river or lake.] exx. of rafter, and rafting ...
raft 1 vWhen this man rafted (a raft of log was made up of from twenty to thirty logs tied by the b...
raft nYesterday afternoon the Long Bridge was swept away by rafting ice which was carried by the o...
raft n...the 'Fife' was torn from her moorings and hurled across to Bowring's South Side wharf w...
raft nn. OED 2 ( 149) v. 1 to transport by water : a, in the ...
rafter v. . .schooner rafted out o' the water altogether, out on her beam ends, an' they had t...
raft 1 vThe ice began to "raft," i.e. rise and pile up under its own weight and driven by the move...
rafting vbl nto convey (as people or cargo) on or by means of a raftG. an authentic ...
wing na mass of rafted logs ground [ed?] by the shore.G.M.Story WKOCT 1 1983 SUPNot usedNot used...
raft 1 vThey seemed to be on the verge of success, then the ice buckled and began to raft. Huge ...
raft 1 vOn them swept the floe, crashed into the fixed ice, shattered its edge, rose up out of t...