See also:

• RAKE (O.E. rata, cognate with Du. raak, Ger. Rechen, from a root meaning to scrape together, heap up)

RAKE (O.E. rata, cognate with Du. raak, Ger. Rechen, from a See also:

• ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
• ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )

root meaning to scrape together, heap up)  , an agricultural and horticultural See also:

• IMPLEMENT (Lat. implementum, a filling up, from implere, to fill)

implement consisting of a toothed See also:

• BAR
• BAR (0. Fr. barre, Late Lat. barra, origin unknown)
• BAR, CONFEDERATION OF
• BAR, FRANCOIS DE (1538-1606)
• BAR, THE

bar fixed transversely to a handle, and used for the collection of cut See also:

• HAY
• HAY (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Heu, Dutch hooi; the root from which it is derived, meaning " to cut," is also seen in " to hew "; cf. " hoe ")
• HAY, GEORGE (1729—1811)
• HAY, GILBERT
• HAY, JOHN (1838–1905)

hay, grass, &c., and, in gardening, for loosening the See also:

• SOIL

soil, See also:

• LIGHT

light weeding and levelling, and generally for purposes performed in See also:

• AGRICULTURE
• AGRICULTURE (from Lat. ages, field, and colere, to cultivate)
• AGRICULTURE, BOARD OF

agriculture by the See also:

• HARROW

harrow . The See also:

• TEETH (O.E. Eel); plural of tooth, O.E. top)

teeth of the See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand-See also:

• RAKE (O.E. rata, cognate with Du. raak, Ger. Rechen, from a root meaning to scrape together, heap up)

rake are of See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

wood or See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron . For the See also:

• HORSE (a word common to Teutonic languages in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)

horse-See also:

• DRAWN

drawn rake, a bar with See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long curved See also:

• STEEL, FLORA ANNIE (1847– )

steel teeth is mounted on wheels (see HAY AND HAYMAKING) . The word " rake " has been used since the 17th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century in the sense of a See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man of a dissolute or dissipated See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character . This is a shortened See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of the earlier " rake-See also:

• HELL (0. Eng. hel, a Teutonic word from a root meaning " to cover," cf. Ger. Holle, Dutch hel)

hell," apparently in See also:

• COMMON

common use in the 16th century . In military and See also:

• NAVAL

naval use " to rake " means to See also:

• ENFILADE (a French word, from enfiler, to thread, and so to pass through from end to end)

enfilade, to See also:

• FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire so that the shot may pass lengthwise along a See also:

• SHIP

ship, a See also:

• LINE

line of soldiers, entrenchments, &c . In the nautical sense of the See also:

• PROJECTION

projection or slope of a ship's bows or stern or the inclination of a See also:

• MAST (2) (Anglo-Saxon maest, food, common to some Teutonic languages, and ultimately connected with " meat")
• MAST (I) (O. Eng. maest; a common Teutonic word, cognate with Lat. malus; from the medieval latinized form mast us comes Fr. malt)

mast, the word is apparently an See also:

• ADAPTATION (from Lat. adaptare. to fit to)

adaptation of the Scandinavian raka, to reach, in the sense of reach forward .