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• Rakehell

  ·noun A lewd, dissolute fellow; a debauchee; a rake. II. Rakehell ·adj ·Alt. of <<Rakehelly>>. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Rake

  ·vi To walk about; to gad or ramble idly. II. Rake ·vi To pass with violence or rapidity; to scrape...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• rake

  to rake a fire, to heap small coals on the fire, that it may burn all the night, practised in the No...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• rake

  The projection of the upper parts of a ship, at both ends, beyond the extremities of the keel. Also,...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Muck rake

  ·add. ·- A rake for scraping up muck or dung. ·see <<Muckrake>>, ·vi, below. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Rake-vein

  ·noun ·see <<Rake>>, a mineral vein. ...

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• Top rake

  ·add. ·- The angle that the front edge of the point of a tool is set back from the normal to the sur...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• duddering rake

  A thundering rake, a buck of the first head, one extremely lewd. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• cart-rake

  a cart-track. Essex. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• after-rake

  That part of the hull which overhangs the after-end of keel. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• fore-rake

  That part of the hull which rakes beyond the fore-end of the keel. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• keel-rake

  Synonymous with keel-haul. See keel-hauling. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• over-rake

  When a ship rides at anchor in a head-sea, the waves of which frequently break in upon her, they are...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• rudder-rake

  The aftermost part of the rudder. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• to rake and scrape

  To collect. Where under the sun, says I to myself, did he rake and scrape together such super-super...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.