Raking

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Rake.

II. Raking ·noun The act or process of using a rake; the going over a space with a rake.

III. Raking ·noun A space gone over with a rake; also, the work done, or the quantity of hay, grain, ·etc., collected, by going once over a space with a rake.

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