rake (3), raik, rayke

i. [Icel. reik a; Sw. raka =to wander.] 1. To wander, to ramble, to range about. 2. To fly wide of the game. (Said of hawks.) *3. To go, to proceed, to hurry. ( Morte Arthure , 3,469.) rāke (4), v . i. & t. [RAKE (3), s .] [Sw. dial. raka = to reach; raka fram =to reach over; to project; Dan.rage=to project, to jut out. Rake is a doublet. of reach (q. v.).] A. Intransitive : 1. Arch .: To incline from the horizontal, as the rafters of a roof; to slope. 2. Naut .: To incline or slope from a perpendicular direction. It is applied to the masts, stem, sternpost, funnels, . Masts generally rake aft. B. Trans.: To give a rake or slope to; to slope. ra-keē, ra-kî', s. [Ru .] A coarse spirit made IMG:content-0185.png:[blocks in formation] chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this; brandy. IMG:content-0186.png:[blocks in formation] 'I scorne and spew out the rakehelly rout of our ragged rymers."-E. K.: Epistle to Maister Harvey. rak-el, rac-kle, #rak-le, *rak-yl, *rak-ele, *rak-il, adj. [Sw.dial. vagabond, con nected with rakkla =to wander, to rove, frequent. of raka =to run hastily; O. Św. rack a = to run about.] [RAKE (3), v.] Rash, hasty. "He that is to rakel to renden his clothes." E. Eng. Allit. Poems , iii. 526. *rak-el-ne , s. [Eng. rakel; -ne .] Hastine , rashne . *rak-ente, s . [A. S. racente; Icel. rekendi ; O. H. Ger. rahchinza .] A chain. *rak-en-teie, s. [A. S. racenteag .] A chain. rāke-off, s . [Eng.rake, and off . ] The bank's percentage at a gambling game. ( Slang .)