Rake

rak, n. an instrument with teeth or pins for smoothing earth, .— to scrape with something toothed to draw together to gather with m mftte mCSn then. 426 IMG:page-426.webp:Page 426 n Bake difficulty to level with a rate to search diligently over; to pa over violently (naut.) to fire into, as a ship, lengthwise.—v.i. to scrape, n« with a rake to search minutely to paw with violence. |A S. raca, a rake; cog. with Ger. reckon, Ice. rck.i, a shovel, from the root of Goth, rikan {rak\ to collect, L. and Gr. lego.} Rako, riik, «, a rascal. [Contr of Rakehell. R , rSk, n. (naut.) the projection of the stem and stern of a ship beyond the extremities of the keel the inclination of a mast from the perpendicular. [From the Scand. raka, to reach (A.S. rcecari). Doublet Reach Rakahell, rak'hd, ». a rascal or villain a debauchee. [Corr. of M. E. rakel raklc; cog. with Prov. Sw. rakkel, a vagabond, lcc. re kail unsettled, from reik a, to wander, and I rov. E. rake lo wander.]