Defn: To inclination of anything from a perpendicular direction; as, the rake of a roof, a staircase, etc.; especially (Naut.,
Defn: the inclination of a mast or tunnel, or, in general, of any part of a vessel not perpendicular to the keel.
RAKE
Rake, v. i.
Defn: To incline from a perpendicular direction; as, a mast rakes aft. Raking course (Bricklaying), a course of bricks laid diagonally between the face courses in a thick wall, to strengthen.
RAKE Rake, n. Etym: [OE. rakel rash; cf. Icel. reikall wandering, unsettled, reika to wander.]
Defn: A loose, disorderly, vicious man; a person addicted to lewdness and other scandalous vices; a debauchee; a roué. Am illiterate and frivolous old rake. Macaulay.
RAKE
Rake, v. i.
1. Etym: [Icel. reika. Cf. Rake a debauchee.]
Defn: To walk about; to gad or ramble idly. [Prov. Eng.]
2. Etym: [See Rake a debauchee.]