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▪ I. rakish, a.1|ˈreɪkɪʃ|
[f. rake n.5 + -ish.]
1. Of persons: Having the character, appearance, or manners, of a rake.
1706S. Centlivre Love at a Venture iv, The grave, serious, formal lover, or the gay rakish soldier. 1758Johnson Idler No. 33 ⁋25 Some rakish fellow-commoner in the next room. 1811Byron Hints fr. Hor. 165 A..rakish youngster wild from school. 1840Thackeray Paris Sk.-bk. (1872) 226 The knavish valets, rakish heroes.
2. Of things: Characteristic of, appropriate to, a rake.
a. of talk, manners, mode of life, etc.
1722Wollaston Relig. Nat. vi. 142 Impertinent simile's and rakish talk. 1784Burns Song, O leave novels, That feeling heart but acts a part, 'Tis rakish art in Rob Mossgiel. 1876World No. 116. 6 The rakish ways of the medical student of Albert Smith.
b. of appearance, carriage, etc.
1706Farquhar Recruiting Officer iv. i, I take a bold Step, a rakish Toss, a smart Cock and an impudent Air. 1816J. Scott Vis. Paris (ed. 5) 93 With keen proud looks,..and a rakish dissolute carriage. 1859Kingsley Misc. (1860) II. 123 The rakish swagger..of the coxcombs.
transf.1860Tyndall Glac. i. xxv. 186 The wild and rakish appearance of the sky.
c. of material things: Having a rakish look.
1847L. Hunt Men, Women & B. II. xi. 275 He does not wear so rakish a wig. 1876Holland Sev. Oaks ii. 25 With a basket..in the back of the rakish little wagon.
3. Comb., as rakish-looking.
1861Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. II. 322 In a few minutes a rakish-looking stable-boy came round for his horse. 1897Daily News 26 May 9 Four or five stalwart young fellows in rakish-looking broad brimmed hats.
▪ II. rakish, a.2|ˈreɪkɪʃ|
[See notes below.]
1. Naut. Of a ship: Having an appearance indicative of smartness and fast sailing, freq. with suggestion of suspicious or piratical character.
The precise origin is not clear: it may orig. be a transferred use of a.1 (cf. sense 2 c there), but recent dicts. associate it with the raking masts of pirate-vessels.
1824W. Irving T. Trav. II. 242 A little rakish, musquito-built vessell, that could run into all kinds of waters. 1835Marryat Jac. Faithf. xxxix, A low schooner, sir, very rakish indeed, black sides. 1884Pall Mall G. 22 Aug. 3/1 A yacht of grand proportions and rakish beauty.
Comb.1838Poe Narr. A. G. Pym of Nantucket in Wks. (1902) III. 146 She was a long, low, and rakish-looking schooner. 1868G. J. Whyte-Melville White Rose II. xi. 138 They found..that the beautiful, rakish-looking schooner was averse to piracy.
2. Of a hawk's wings: Smart-looking.
Perh. suggested by rake v.2 2 a.
1855Salvin & Brodrick Falconry 62 This Tiercel..has a short strong body, with remarkably rakish wings, which accounts for its great speed. |