A fissure or mineral vein traversing the strata vertically, or nearly so; called also rake-vein
A libertine A contraction of rakehell, used by Milton and others And far away amid their rakehell bands They speed a lady left all succourless Francis Quarles Rakshas Evil spirits who guard the treasures of Kuvera, the god of riches They haunt cemeteries and devour human beings; assume any shape at will, and their strength increases as the day declines Some are hideously ugly, but others, especially the female spirits, allure by their beauty (Hindu mythology )
1 (also "trap rake") a tool placed in sand-filled bunkers for the purpose of re-smoothing the surface after walking in, and playing a shot out of, the sand 2 (archaic) a lofted iron (resembling a rake, thus its name) with vertical slots in the face to decrease resistance or channel water, used commonly to play from wet ground Example: 1 She left the rake/trap rake in the bunker after smoothing her footprints and the spot where her club removed sand 2 Long ago, when there was no such thing as "casual water," some players carried a specialty club called a rake
If you rake leaves or ashes, you move them somewhere using a rake or a similar tool. I watched the men rake leaves into heaps. An immoral or dissolute person; a libertine
The money removed from each pot by the house Medium and high-limit games typically have a time charge rather than a rake A typical Atlantic City low-limit rake is 10% of the pot up to a $4 maximum The same table in California may rake just the big blind, with the small blind going towards a jackpot Despite all the bad players, the high rake made it hard to turn a profit at the game
A rake is a garden tool consisting of a row of metal or wooden teeth attached to a long handle. You can use a rake to make the earth smooth and level before you put plants in, or to gather leaves together
A loose, disorderly, vicious man; a person addicted to lewdness and other scandalous vices; a debauchee; a roué