Rake (rāk), n. [AS. race; akin to OD. rake, D. reek, OHG. rehho, G. rechen, Icel. reka a shovel, and to Goth. rikan to heap up, collect, and perhaps to Gr. 'oregein to stretch out, and E. rack to stretch. Cf. Reckon.] 1. An implement consisting of a headpiece having teeth, and a long handle at right angles to it, -- used for collecting hay, or other light things which are spread over a large surface, or for breaking and smoothing the earth.
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2. A toothed machine drawn by a horse, -- used for collecting hay or grain; a horserake.
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3. [Perhaps a different word.] (Mining) A fissure or mineral vein traversing the strata vertically, or nearly so; -- called also rake-vein.
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Gill rakes. (Anat.) See under 1st Gill.
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Rake (rāk), v. i. 1. To use a rake, as for searching or for collecting; to scrape; to search minutely.
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One is for raking in Chaucer for antiquated words. Dryden.
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2. To pass with violence or rapidity; to scrape along.
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Pas could not stay, but over him did rake. Sir P. Sidney.
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Rake, v. i. To incline from a perpendicular direction; as, a mast rakes aft.
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Raking course (Bricklaying), a course of bricks laid diagonally between the face courses in a thick wall, to strengthen it.
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Rake, v. i. 1. [Icel. reika. Cf. Rake a debauchee.] To walk about; to gad or ramble idly. [Prov. Eng.]
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2. [See Rake a debauchee.] To act the rake; to lead a dissolute, debauched life. Shenstone.
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To rake out (Falconry), to fly too far and wide from its master while hovering above waiting till the game is sprung; -- said of the hawk. Encyc. Brit.
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