Meaning of rax | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To stretch; stretch out.
   Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive
2. To reach out; reach or attain to.
   Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive
3. To extend the hand to; hand or pass something.
   Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive
4. To perform the act of reaching or stretching; stretch oneself; reach for or try to obtain something
   Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, intransitive
5. To stretch after sleep.
   Scotland, UK, dialectal, intransitive

Equivalents

Examples

“Shoeless, he stood naked on his toes, his arms raxed upwards.”

“Please⟳ rax me the pitcher.”

“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⟳.”

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