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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(historical) A hooked hand tool for widening the seams of a boat to receive oakum..
Small fires […] smoldered in half a dozen places, where the few workmen paying oakum into Hampshires hull seams with ravehooks' would periodically repair to warm themselves.
But the ship's carpenter had cut his hand open on a ravehook while cleaning out some old caulking on the fo'c'sle, and Cat stayed aloft to attend him.
Use rave hook when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Rave hook means (historical) A hooked hand tool for widening the seams of a boat to receive oakum..
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Small fires […] smoldered in half a dozen places, where the few workmen paying oakum into Hampshires hull seams with ravehooks' would periodically repair to warm themselves.
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