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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

OVERRAKE

v.t.To break in upon a ship. When the waves break in upon a ship riding at anchor, it is said, they overrake her, or she is overraked.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

OVERRAKE

O `ver *rake ", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overraked; p. pr. & vb. n.Overraking.] (Naut. )

 

Defn: To rake over, or sweep across, from end to end, as waves that break over a vessel anchored with head to the sea.