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Raft"er (r&adot_;ft"&etilde_;r), n. A raftsman.
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Raft"er, n. [AS. ræfter; 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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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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