| Rake (rake) |
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| n. | (r k) |
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| Rake |
| [AS. race;
akin to OD. rake, D. reek, OHG. rehho, G.
rechen, Icel. reka a shovel, and to Goth. rikan
to heap up, collect, and perhaps to Gr. 'ore`gein to
stretch out, and E. rack to st |
An implement consisting of a headpiece having
teeth, and a long handle at right angles to it, -- used for collecting
hay, or other light things which are spread over a large surface, or
for breaking and smoothing the earth.
A toothed machine drawn by a horse, -- used
for collecting hay or grain; a horserake.
A fissure or mineral vein traversing the strata vertically, or
nearly so; -- called also rake-vein.
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To collect with a rake] as, to rake
hay; -- often with up; as, he raked up the fallen
leaves.
To collect or draw together with
laborious industry; to gather from a wide space; to scrape together;
as, to rake together wealth; to rake together slanderous
tales; to rake together the rabble of a town.
To pass a rake over; to scrape or scratch
with a rake for the purpose of collecting and clearing off something,
or for stirring up the soil; as, to rake a lawn; to rake
a flower bed.
To search through; to scour; to
ransack.
To scrape or scratch across; to pass over
quickly and lightly, as a rake does.
To enfilade; to fire in a
direction with the length of; in naval engagements, to cannonade, as a
ship, on the stern or head so that the balls range the whole length of
the deck.
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| Rake (rake) |
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| v. i. | (rk) |
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| Rake |
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To use a rake, as for searching or for
collecting; to scrape; to search minutely.
To pass with violence or rapidity; to
scrape along.
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The inclination of anything from a
perpendicular direction; as, the rake of a roof, a staircase,
etc.
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To incline from a
perpendicular direction; as, a mast rakes aft.
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A loose, disorderly, vicious man; a person addicted to lewdness
and other scandalous vices; a debauchee; a roué.
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To walk about; to
gad or ramble idly.
To act the
rake; to lead a dissolute, debauched life.
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