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Definition of 'rax'

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) raxen, .

Verb

(es)
  • (UK|dialectal|Northern England|Scotland|transitive) To stretch; stretch out.
  • * 1974 , Guy Davenport, Tatlin! :
  • Shoeless, he stood naked on his toes, his arms raxed upwards.
  • (UK|dialectal|Northern England|Scotland|transitive) To reach out; reach or attain to.
  • (UK|dialectal|Northern England|Scotland|transitive) To extend the hand to; hand or pass something.
  • Please rax me the pitcher.
  • * 1825 , John Wilson, Robert Shelton Mackenzie, James Hogg, William Maginn and John Gibson Lockhart, Noctes Ambrosianæ No. XVIII'', in ''Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine , vol. 17:
  • Wha the mischief set him on reading me? I'm sure he could never read onything in a dacent-like way since he was cleckit—rax' me the Queen, and I'll let you hear a bit that will gar your hearts dinnle again—' rax me the Queen, I say.
  • (UK|dialectal|Northern England|Scotland|intransitive) To perform the act of reaching or stretching; stretch one's self; reach for or try to obtain something
  • (UK|dialectal|chiefly|Scotland|intransitive) To stretch after sleep.
  • Derived terms
    * (l)

    Etymology 2

    Shortening of barracks.

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • barracks
  • * {{quote-video
  • | date = 2014-03-19 | title = | medium = Film | at = 44:28 | people = Clinton "Fear" Loomis | passage = Eventually they just broke our base and took out every single one of our raxes . }} ----

    Similar to 'rax'

    rex, roux, rix, rox