Lexicographical Neighbors of Rahing
Literary usage of Rahing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Northumberland Words by Richard Oliver Heslop, Oliver Heslop (1894)
"Song, A you A. " She was rahing up and down." G. Stuart, Joco-Serious Discourse,
1686, p. 30. RAKE, to rake a fire, to heap small coals on the fire, ..."
2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1894)
"She's lang legg'd and mother-like, A you hinney burd ; See, she's rahing up the
dyke, A you a." Song, A you A. " She was raking up and down. ..."
3. The Bookman (1911)
"Rah-rahing and extravagance go hand in hand in the fiction and the influence of
such narrative on the young going-to-college mind must work injury. ..."
4. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke (1824)
"... raised the cry of rebellion in several of the provinces, by giving them a
pretext for che- rahing the idea of an approaching invasion of our territory. ..."
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