raking (1)

& 8. [RAKE (1), v.] A. As adj.: Enfilading; sweeping with shot or shell in the direction of the length. "And raking chase-guns through our sterns they send." Dryden: Annus Mirabilis, lxxxii. B. As substantive: 1. The act of using a rake. 2. The space of ground raked at once; the quantity of hay, straw, ., raked together at one time. trāk-ing (2), a. [RAKE (2), s.) Rakish, dis so lute. "I do with all my heart renounce your raking suppers." -Eliz. Carters: Letters, iii. 313. (1809.) rāk-ing, pr.par.ora. [RAKE (4), v.] raking-pieces, s. pl . Pieces laid upon sills supported by the footings or impost of a pier. rāk-ish (1), a. [Eng. rak ( e ), (2) s.; -ish.] Loose, wild, di olute, di ipated. "His appearance is saucy, rakish , and severe." -Century Magazine , Aug., 1882, p. 602.