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Rafter \Raft"er\, v. t.
1. To make into rafters, as timber.
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2. To furnish with rafters, as a house.
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3. (Agric.) To plow so as to turn the grass side of each
furrow upon an unplowed ridge; to ridge. [Eng.]
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Rafter \Raft"er\ (r[.a]ft"[~e]r), n.
A raftsman.
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Rafter \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}.
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[Courtesy] oft is sooner found in lowly sheds,
With smoky rafters, than in tapestry halls. --Milton.
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