Chapter Raised to Ramed of R by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

Rake
(Rake), n. [OE. rakel rash; cf. Icel. reikall wandering, unsettled, reika to wander.] A loose, disorderly, vicious man; a person addicted to lewdness and other scandalous vices; a debauchee; a roué.

An illiterate and frivolous old rake.

Macaulay.

Rake
(Rake), v. i.

1. [Icel. reika. Cf. Rake a debauchee.] To walk about; to gad or ramble idly. [Prov. Eng.]

2. [See Rake a debauchee.] To act the rake; to lead a dissolute, debauched life. Shenstone.

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.

Rakehell
(Rake"hell`) n. [See Rakel.] A lewd, dissolute fellow; a debauchee; a rake.

It seldom doth happen, in any way of life, that a sluggard and a rakehell do not go together.

Barrow.

Rakehell
(Rake"hell`, Rake"hell`y) a. Dissolute; wild; lewd; rakish. [Obs.] Spenser. B. Jonson.

Rakel
(Ra"kel) a. [OE. See Rake a debauchee.] Hasty; reckless; rash. [Obs.] Chaucer. — Ra"kel*ness, n. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Raker
(Rak"er) n. [See 1st Rake.]

1. One who, or that which, rakes; as: (a) A person who uses a rake. (b) A machine for raking grain or hay by horse or other power. (c) A gun so placed as to rake an enemy's ship.

2. (Zoöl.) See Gill rakers, under 1st Gill.

Rakery
(Rak"er*y) n. Debauchery; lewdness.

The rakery and intrigues of the lewd town.

R. North.

Rakeshame
(Rake"shame`) n. [Cf. Rakehell, Ragabash.] A vile, dissolute wretch. [Obs.] Milton.

Rakestale
(Rake"stale`) n. [Rake the instrument + stale a handle.] The handle of a rake.

That tale is not worth a rakestele.

Chaucer.

Rake-vein
(Rake"-vein`) n. See Rake, a mineral vein.

Raking
(Rak"ing) n.

1. The act or process of using a rake; the going over a space with a rake.

2. 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.

Rakish
(Rak"ish), a. Dissolute; lewd; debauched.

The arduous task of converting a rakish lover.

Macaulay.

Rakish
(Rak"ish), a. (Naut.) Having a saucy appearance indicative of speed and dash. Ham. Nav. Encyc.

Rakishly
(Rak"ish*ly), adv. In a rakish manner.