dew-raken.
/ˈdjuːreɪk/ A rake for the surface of grass or stubble.
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muckrake1366
wording hook1605
swath-rake1652
dew-rake1659
pick1777
twitch rake1798
tooth-rakec1830
pea-rake1867
buck-rake1893
sea-rake1902
1659 J. Gauden Ἱερα Δακρυα 381 Like dew-rakes and harrowes, armed with so many teeth.
1807 A. Young Gen. View Agric. Essex I. iv. 108 Dew rakes, 20s. each.
1886 Daily News 24 Sept. 7/2 Where stubble is much infested it should be brushed off with poles..and collected as closely as possible for burning by means of ‘dew rakes’.
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ˈdewrake v.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > harvesting > harvest (a crop) [verb (transitive)] > cut up stubble > rake stubble
dewrake1797
1797 A. Young Gen. View Agric. Suffolk 55 The stubbles are dew~raked, by men drawing a long iron-toothed rake.
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