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Scaup
\Scaup\ (sk[add]p), n. [See
Scalp a bed of oysters or
mussels.]
1. A bed or stratum of shellfish; scalp. [Scot.]
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2. (Zo["o]l.) A scaup duck. See below.
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Scaup duck (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of
northern ducks of the genus
Aythya, or
Fuligula. The
adult males are, in large part, black. The three North
American species are: the greater scaup duck (
Aythya marila
, var. nearctica), called also
broadbill,
bluebill,
blackhead,
flock duck,
flocking fowl,
and
raft duck; the lesser scaup duck (
A. affinis),
called also
little bluebill,
river broadbill, and
shuffler; the tufted, or ring-necked, scaup duck (
A. collaris
), called also
black jack,
ringneck,
ringbill,
ringbill shuffler, etc. See Illust. of
Ring-necked duck, under
Ring-necked. The common
European scaup, or mussel, duck (
A. marila), closely
resembles the American variety.
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Raft
\Raft\, n. [Originally, a rafter, spar, and fr. Icel. raptr
a rafter; akin to Dan. raft, Prov. G. raff a rafter, spar;
cf. OHG. r[=a]fo, r[=a]vo, a beam, rafter, Icel. r[=a]f roof.
Cf.
Rafter, n.]
1. A collection of logs, boards, pieces of timber, or the
like, fastened together, either for their own collective
conveyance on the water, or to serve as a support in
conveying other things; a float.
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2. A collection of logs, fallen trees, etc. (such as is
formed in some Western rivers of the United States), which
obstructs navigation. [U.S.]
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3. [Perhaps akin to raff a heap.] A large collection of
people or things taken indiscriminately. [Slang, U. S.]
“A whole raft of folks.” --W. D. Howells.
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Raft bridge.
(a) A bridge whose points of support are rafts.
(b) A bridge that consists of floating timbers fastened
together.
Raft duck. [The name alludes to its swimming in dense
flocks.] (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The bluebill, or greater scaup duck; -- called also
flock duck. See
Scaup.
(b) The redhead.
Raft port (Naut.), a large, square port in a vessel's side
for loading or unloading timber or other bulky articles; a
timber or lumber port.
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