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Definition of Raking

1. n. The act or process of using a rake; the going over a space with a rake.

Definition of Raking

1. Adjective. ¹

2. Verb. (present participle of rake) ¹

3. Noun. The act or process of using a rake; the going over a space with a rake. ¹

4. Noun. A space gone over with a rake; also, the work done, or the quantity of hay, grain, etc., collected, by going once over a space with a rake. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Raking

1. rake [v] - See also: rake

Lexicographical Neighbors of Raking

Literary usage of Raking

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. United States Supreme Court Reports by United States Supreme Court, Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, LEXIS Law Publishing (1901)
"Again ; " From the foregoing description it will be seen tint my invention enables me to combine in a •elf-raking harvester all the advantages derived from ..."

2. The New Carpenter's and Builder's Assistant, and Wood Worker's Guide by Lucius D. Gould (1879)
"Exhibits rules for finding a section of the raking mould to intersect the ... Also the horizontal and raking moulds required to intersect each other when in ..."

3. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents, Narratives by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1866)
"Vic had now arrived within about nine hundred yards of her, and I was apprehensive that another broadside (nearly raking as it was) would prove disastrous. ..."

4. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke (1800)
"... of raking jt by hand.. I knew the Norfolk of ,doing it.by drag-rakes . ... for raking Summer Corn Stubbles, by -Mr. George Bof- well cf ..."

5. Water Purification Plants and Their Operation by Milton Frederick Stein (1920)
"It is found that, after raking, the filter clogs more rapidly than before, so that repeated raking more than twice in succession is impracticable and ..."

6. Water Purification Plants and Their Operation by Milton Frederick Stein (1915)
"raking the Filters. When the loss of head becomes excessive, due to clogging ... It is found that, after raking, the filter clogs more rapidly than before, ..."

7. Water Purification Plants and Their Operation by Milton Frederick Stein (1920)
"raking the Filters. When the loss of head becomes excessive, due to clogging ... It is found that, after raking, the filter clogs more rapidly than before, ..."

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