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Rake \Rake\, n. [Cf. dial. Sw. raka to reach, and E. reach.]
The inclination of anything from a perpendicular direction;
as, the rake of a roof, a staircase, etc.; especially
(Naut.), the inclination of a mast or funnel, or, in general,
of any part of a vessel not perpendicular to the keel.
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Rake \Rake\, v. i.
To incline from a perpendicular direction; as, a mast rakes
aft.
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{Raking course} (Bricklaying), a course of bricks laid
diagonally between the face courses in a thick wall, to
strengthen it.
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Rake \Rake\, n. [OE. rakel rash; cf. Icel. reikall wandering,
unsettled, reika to wander.]
A loose, disorderly, vicious man; a person addicted to
lewdness and other scandalous vices; a debauchee; a rou['e].
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An illiterate and frivolous old rake. --Macaulay.
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Rake \Rake\, v. i.
1. [Icel. reika. Cf. {Rake} a debauchee.] To walk about; to
gad or ramble idly. [Prov. Eng.]
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2. [See {Rake} a debauchee.] To act the rake; to lead a
dissolute, debauched life. --Shenstone.
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{To rake out} (Falconry), to fly too far and wide from its
master while hovering above waiting till the game is
sprung; -- said of the hawk. --Encyc. Brit.
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Rake \Rake\ (r[=a]k), v. i.
1. To use a rake, as for searching or for collecting; to
scrape; to search minutely.
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One is for raking in Chaucer for antiquated words.
--Dryden.
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2. To pass with violence or rapidity; to scrape along.
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Pas could not stay, but over him did rake. --Sir P.
Sidney.
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Rake \Rake\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Raked} (r[=a]kt); p. pr. & vb.
n. {Raking}.] [AS. racian. See 1st {Rake}.]
1. To collect with a rake; as, to rake hay; -- often with up;
as, he raked up the fallen leaves.
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2. Hence: 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.
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3. 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.
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4. To search through; to scour; to ransack.
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The statesman rakes the town to find a plot.
--Swift.
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5. To scrape or scratch across; to pass over quickly and
lightly, as a rake does.
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Like clouds that rake the mountain summits.
--Wordsworth.
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6. (Mil.) 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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{To rake up}.
(a) To collect together, as the fire (live coals), and
cover with ashes.
(b) To bring up; to search out and bring to notice again;
as, to rake up old scandals.
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Rake \Rake\ (r[=a]k), n. [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 stretch. Cf. {Reckon}.]
1. 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.
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2. A toothed machine drawn by a horse, -- used for collecting
hay or grain; a horserake.
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3. [Perhaps a different word.] (Mining) A fissure or mineral
vein traversing the strata vertically, or nearly so; --
called also {rake-vein}.
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{Gill rakes}. (Anat.) See under 1st {Gill}.
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