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.

Nearby words

Origin of rax

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

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Examples 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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