rax

[ raks ]

/ ræks /

Scot. and North England

verb (used without object)

to stretch oneself, as after sleeping.

to extend the hand.

verb (used with object)

to elongate; stretch.

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Origin of rax

before 1000; Middle English (north) raxen,Old English raxan; akin to Old English reccean to stretch, German recken

Words nearby rax

raw-pack method, raw score, raw silk, Rawsthorne, raw water, rax, ray, raya, rayah, Raybans, Rayburn

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Example sentences from the Web for rax

Marie had seen the Rax all her life, as it towered thirty miles or so away above the plain.
The Street of Seven Stars|Mary Roberts Rinehart
He gied the lad Horace a rax forrit by all accounts; but he never gied him proofs like yon.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 24 (of 25)|Robert Louis Stevenson
Marie stopped the sleigh at a wayside shrine, and getting out knelt to say a prayer for the travelers who had died on the Rax.
The Street of Seven Stars|Mary Roberts Rinehart
Ceph' al o-tho' rax, the division of the body formed by the fused head and thorax in many arthropoda.
A Guide for the Study of Animals|Worrallo Whitney

Herr Habl had ascended the Rax on previous occasions, and twice before by the Wolfsthal.
Adventures on the Roof of the World|Mrs. Aubrey Le Blond

British Dictionary definitions for rax

rax

/ (ræks) Scot /

verb

(tr) to stretch or extend

(intr) to reach out

(tr) to pass or give (something to a person) with the outstretched hand; reachrax me the salt

(tr) to strain or sprain

noun

the act of stretching or straining

Word Origin for rax

Old English raxan

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