||Raj (räj), n. [See Rajah.] Reign; rule. [India]
||Ra"ja (rä"jä or r"j), n. Same as Rajah.
Ra"jah (rä"jä or r"j), n. [Hind. rj, Skr. rjan, akin to L. rex, regis.
See Regal, a.] A native prince or king; also, a landholder or person of
importance in the agricultural districts. [India]
Ra"jah*ship, n. The office or dignity of a rajah.
{ ||Raj`poot", ||Raj`put" } (räj`pt"), n. [Hind. rj- pt, Skr. rja-putra
king's son.] A Hindoo of the second, or royal and military, caste; a
Kshatriya; especially, an inhabitant of the country of Rajpootana, in
northern central India.
Rake (rk), n. [AS. race; akin to OD. rake, D. reek, OHG. rehho, G.
rechen, Icel. reka a shovel, and to Goth. rikan to heap up, collect,
and perhaps to Gr. 'ore`gein to stretch out, and E. rack to stretch.
Cf. Reckon.] 1. An implement consisting of a headpiece having teeth,
and a long handle at right angles to it, -- used for collecting hay, or
other light things which are spread over a large surface, or for
breaking and smoothing the earth.
2. A toothed machine drawn by a horse, -- used for collecting hay or
grain; a horserake.
3. [Perhaps a different word.] (Mining) A fissure or mineral vein
traversing the strata vertically, or nearly so; -- called also
rake-vein.
Gill rakes. (Anat.) See under 1st Gill.
Rake, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Raked (rkt); p. pr. & vb. n. Raking.] [AS.
racian. See 1st Rake.] 1. To collect with a rake; as, to rake hay; --
often with up; as, he raked up the fallen leaves.
2. Hence: To collect or draw together with laborious industry; to
gather from a wide space; to scrape together; as, to rake together
wealth; to rake together slanderous tales; to rake together the rabble
of a town.
3. To pass a rake over; to scrape or scratch with a rake for the
purpose of collecting and clearing off something, or for stirring up
the soil; as, to rake a lawn; to rake a flower bed.