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Raking [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

That rakes; as a raking fire or shot.

Raking [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. The act of using a rake; the act or operation of collecting with a rake, or of cleaning and smoothing with a rake.

2. The space of ground raked at once; or the quantity of hay, etc. collected by once passing the rake.

Raking [Participle present tense] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Scraping; gathering with a rake; cleaning and smoothing with a rake; cannonading in the direction of the length; inclining.

2. And raking chase-guns through our sterns they send.

Raking [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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

2. 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.

Raking [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913