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strake::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | wale |
| Type of | board, plank |
| Has types | garboard plank, garboard strake, gun rest, gunwale, gunnel, garboard |
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Strake Jesuit remained on the offensive for much of the final 30 minutes of play.
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Strake Jesuit is coming off a 9-2 season that included a 7-0 sprint through 17-5A.
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Strake ran for lieutenant governor against the incumbent Democrat, Bill Hobby.
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Strake Jesuit has one of the finest goalkeepers in the state in senior Jason Taffet.
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Her 5-inch upper armour strake would have been removed and her deck armour reinforced.
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Strake Jesuit also downed Memorial 59-39 last week with Brooks tallying 27 and Frazier 14.
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Strake Jesuit then beat Baytown Sterling 9-7 in the third-place game.
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Strake Jesuit doesn't have a running back ranked in the top 15 in the loop, yet sits at 2-0.
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Strake Jesuit will play fellow area team The Woodlands at 4 p.m. on Friday in the semifinals.
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- Wale: thick plank forming a ridge along the side of a wooden ship
- A strake is: #part of a boat or ship. It is a horizontal strip of wooden planking or steel plating on the exterior hull of a vessel, running lengthwise along the vessel from the stem to the stern. ...
- An iron fitting of a medieval cart wheel; A type of aerodynamic surface mounted on an aircraft fuselage to fine-tune the airflow; A continuous line of plates or planks running from bow to stern that contributes to a vessel's skin. (FM 55-501); To stretch [akin to Old English: streccan]
- (Strakes) A row of wooden planks on the hull of a wooden boat or fiberglass on a more modern fiberglass boat.
- (strakes) Small linear protrusions that run longitudinally on both sides of the keel to give a planing hull lift and lateral stability.
- (STRAKES) A single line of planking extending from bow to stern.
- (STRAKES) [Gen 30:37; Lev 14:37] streaks on a surface.
- (Strakes) A chine where a ridge is formed by overlapping panels. Traditionally, the ridge was created by thick planks of wood. Strakes look a lot like siding on a house and create visually pleasing lines that follow the curve of the boat. ...
- (Strakes) Plates that are fitted to the rear wheels of an traction engine to give it grip.
