Definition of rake

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Rake (v. t.) To collect or draw together with laborious industry; to gather from a wide space; to scrape together; as, to rake together wealth; to rake together slanderous tales; to rake together the rabble of a town..

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Rake-vein :: Rake-vein (n.) See Rake, a mineral vein..
Brake :: Brake (v. t.) An instrument or machine to break or bruise the woody part of flax or hemp so that it may be separated from the fiber.
Rake :: Rake (n.) The inclination of anything from a perpendicular direction; as, the rake of a roof, a staircase, etc..
Corncrake :: Corncrake (n.) A bird (Crex crex or C. pratensis) which frequents grain fields; the European crake or land rail; -- called also corn bird.
Brake :: Brake () of Brea.
Drake :: Drake (n.) The drake fly.
Craker :: Craker (n.) One who boasts; a braggart.
Strake :: Strake (n.) A streak.
Rakel :: Rakel (a.) Hasty; reckless; rash.
Brake :: Brake (v. t.) A baker's kneading though.
Sarculation :: Sarculation (n.) A weeding, as with a hoe or a rake..
Moonraker :: Moonraker (n.) Same as Moonsail.
Break :: Break (v. t.) A device for checking motion, or for measuring friction. See Brake, n. 9 & 10..
Garboard :: Garboard (n.) One of the planks next the keel on the outside, which form a garboard strake..
Parrakeet :: Parrakeet (n.) Alt. of Parakee.
Blood :: Blood (n.) A man of fire or spirit; a fiery spark; a gay, showy man; a rake..
Windrow :: Windrow (n.) A row or line of hay raked together for the purpose of being rolled into cocks or heaps.
Turnstone :: Turnstone (n.) Any species of limicoline birds of the genera Strepsilas and Arenaria, allied to the plovers, especially the common American and European species (Strepsilas interpres). They are so called from their habit of turning up small stones in search of mollusks and other aquatic animals. Called also brant bird, sand runner, sea quail, sea lark, sparkback, and skirlcrake..
Sheldrake :: Sheldrake (n.) Any one of several species of large Old World ducks of the genus Tadorna and allied genera, especially the European and Asiatic species. (T. cornuta, / tadorna), which somewhat resembles a goose in form and habit, but breeds in burrows..
Strake :: Strake (n.) One breadth of planks or plates forming a continuous range on the bottom or sides of a vessel, reaching from the stem to the stern; a streak..
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