rape cake

A hard cake formed by pre ure of the seeds and husks of rape after the oil has been expre ed. It is used for feeding cattle and sheep, and also has a high reputation as a rich IMG:content-0213.png:[blocks in formation] *1. To hasten, to hurry. "Edward mot he haue, if he wild him rape." R. Brunne, p. 294. *2. To seize and carry off. "Paridell rapeth Hellenore." Spenser: F. Q., III. x. (Introd.) *3. To affect with rapture; to transport. "To rape the fields with touches of her string." Drayton: Pastorals, v. 4. To ravish; to commit a rape on. ( Quain : Dict. Med ., p. 1,325.) B. In trans. To commit rape. "There's nothing new, Menippus; as before They rape , extort, forswear." Heywood: Hierarchy of Angels , p. 349.