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unˈrake, v.
[un-2 3 + rake v.1 5.]
trans. To uncover or expose by raking. Also absol.
a1400MS. Cantab. Ff. i. 6, fol. 12 (Halliw.), Eke as charbokylle casteth ryght bemys, With rody lighte, as cole that is unrake. 1611Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. ix. xiii. 598 This againe vnraked the burning coales of enuie..against the said Lord Duke. 1655Vaughan Silex Scint. 60 When thou unrak'st thy fire, those sparks will bring New flames. Ibid., When thy Nap's over, stir thy fire, unrake In that dead age. 1861L. L. Noble Icebergs 91 At every dip of the oars it was like unraking the sparkling embers. |