The Century dictionary and cyclopedia; a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge, with a new atlas of the world .. . sion is that of arms, and no race in India has furnished solarge a number of princely families. The Itajputs are notstrict adherents of lirahmanism. rake^ (rak), n. [< ME. ra/:e, < AS. raea, racu,raCf =r MD. rale, raeckc, I), rake, dim. rtikel =MLCt. rake, LG. rakv, a rake. = Sw. raka. anoven-rake, = Dan. rage, a poker: in anotherform, MI), reke. D. rr(A- = LG. revk = OllG. re-eho, rehho, MHG. reche, G. reehcn, a rake, = , a shovel; from the ve
The Century dictionary and cyclopedia; a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge, with a new atlas of the world .. . sion is that of arms, and no race in India has furnished solarge a number of princely families. The Itajputs are notstrict adherents of lirahmanism. rake^ (rak), n. [< ME. ra/:e, < AS. raea, racu,raCf =r MD. rale, raeckc, I), rake, dim. rtikel =MLCt. rake, LG. rakv, a rake. = Sw. raka. anoven-rake, = Dan. rage, a poker: in anotherform, MI), reke. D. rr(A- = LG. revk = OllG. re-eho, rehho, MHG. reche, G. reehcn, a rake, = , a shovel; from the verb represented byMD. rekcn, OHG. rechan, rehhan. JIHG. rechen,scrape together. = Goth, rikan (pret. rak), col-lect, heap up (cf. rakr^, r., which depends onthe noun).] 1. An implement of wood or iron,or partly of both, with teeth or tines for drawing rake or scraping things together, evening a surfaceof loose materials, etc. in its simplest form, for useby liaud, it consists of a bar in which the teeth are set, andwhich is fixed firmly at right angles to a handle. Hakes aremade in many ways for a great variety of purposes, and the. Horse-rake. A and J show details of , backpiece for holdiDg clearer-sticks; *. steel teeth; c . pawlengaged with ratchet; c, pawl disengaged from ratchet: d, trip forpawl; e, pawl acting by its gravity to disengage ratchet; /, clearer-sticks, which clear the rake when dumping; s^, ratchet; A, woodaxle and cap for axle and tooth-holder: i, counter-balance for pawl ;>,axle ; i. liand-up. by which the driver can raise the teeth and keepthem from the ground; /. trip-rod for self-dump: m. foot-lever forholding down teeth : «. trip-lever attached to trip-rod / for dumpingthe rake. Pressure of the foot on « locks the pawls into the ratchet^; then axle and cap trim with the wheels until the pawls automati-cally disengage from the ratchet by striking d, when the teeth fallback again into original position. teeth are inserted either per
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