raker, rakere

[Eng. rak (e), (1), v.; -er.] I. Ord. Lang.: One who or that which rakes; spec if.: 1. One who uses a rake. "A rybibour and a ratoner, a raker and hus knave." Piers Plowman, p. 106. *2. One who raked and removed filth from the streets; a scavenger. 3. A machine for raking hay, straw, ., by horse or other power. 4. A gun so placed as to rake an enemy's ve el. II. Technically: 1. Bricklaying : A piece of iron having two points bent at right angles, used for picking out decayed mortar from the joints of old walls preparatory to pointing or replacing it by new mortar. 2. Steam-eng.: A self-acting contrivance for cleaning the grate of a locomotive. †3. Ichthy .: A rake-like organ, as the pharyngeal bones of some fishes. rāk-er-ý, s . [Eng. rake (2); -ry .] Di ipation. "All the rakery and intrigues of the town."- North : Life of Lord Guilford , ii, 300. *rake-shame, s . [Eng. rake (2), and shame ; cf. rakehell.] A di olute fellow; a rake. "It had been good to haue apprehended the rake shame." Brome: Merry Beggars, iii. rāke-stāle, rake-stele, s. [Eng. rake (1), s., and stale a handle.l The handle of a rake. "But that tale is not worth a rakestele ." Chaucer: C. T. , 6,531.