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To rake out

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.