"A rainbow towards night,
Fair weather in sight.
Rainbow at night,
Sailor's delight;
Rainbow in morning,
Sailors, take warning."
RAIN-CLOUD. _See_ NIMBUS.
RAINS. Belts or zones of calms, where heavy rain prevails; they exist
between the north-east and south-east trade-winds, changing their
latitude several degrees, depending on the sun's declination. In India
"the rains" come in with the S.W. monsoon.
RAISE, TO. To make an object subtend a larger angle by approaching it,
which is the foundation of perspective, and an effect increased by the
sphericity of our globe: the opposite of _laying_ (which see).
RAISE A SIEGE, TO. To abandon or cause the abandonment of a siege.
RAISED UPON. When a vessel is heightened in her upper works.
RAISE-NET. A kind of staked net on our northern shores, so called from
rising and falling with the tide.
RAISE OR RISE TACKS AND SHEETS. The lifting the clues of the courses,
previously to bracing round the yards in tacking or wearing.
RAISE THE METAL TO. To elevate the breech, and depress thereby the
muzzle of a gun.
RAISE THE WIND, TO. To make an exertion; to cast about for funds.