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Word Meanings - RAKE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A fissure or mineral vein traversing the strata vertically, or nearly so; -- called also rake-vein. Gill rakes. See under 1st Gill. (more info) rechen, Icel, reka a shovel, and to Goth. rikan to heap up, collect, 1. An implement consisting of

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A fissure or mineral vein traversing the strata vertically, or nearly so; -- called also rake-vein. Gill rakes. See under 1st Gill. (more info) rechen, Icel, reka a shovel, and to Goth. rikan to heap up, collect, 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. 2. A toothed machine drawn by a horse, -- used for collecting hay or grain; a horserake. 3. Etym:

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