Rak"er*y (-), n. Debauchery; lewdness.
The rakery and intrigues of the lewd town.
R. North.
Rake"shame` (rk"shm`), n. [Cf. Rakehell, Ragabash.] A vile, dissolute
wretch. [Obs.] Milton.
Rake"stale` (-stl`), n. [Rake the instrument + stale a handle.] The
handle of a rake.
That tale is not worth a rakestele.
Chaucer.
Rake"-vein` (-vn`), n. See Rake, a mineral vein.
Rak"ing (rk"ng), n. 1. The act or process of using a rake; the going
over a space with a rake.
2. A space gone over with a rake; also, the work done, or the quantity
of hay, grain, etc., collected, by going once over a space with a rake.
Rak"ish, a. Dissolute; lewd; debauched.
The arduous task of converting a rakish lover.
Macaulay.
Rak"ish, a. (Naut.) Having a saucy appearance indicative of speed and
dash. Ham. Nav. Encyc.
Rak"ish*ly, adv. In a rakish manner.
Rak"ish*ness, n. The quality or state of being rakish.
||Ra"ku ware` (rä"k wâr`). A kind of earthenware made in Japan,
||resembling Satsuma ware, but having a paler color.
||Râle (räl), n. [F. râle. Cf. Rail the bird.] (Med.) An adventitious
||sound, usually of morbid origin, accompanying the normal respiratory
||sounds. See Rhonchus.
Various kinds are distinguished by pathologists; differing in
intensity, as loud and small; in quality, as moist, dry, clicking,
whistling, and sonorous; and in origin, as tracheal, pulmonary, and
pleural.
||Ral`len*tan"do (räl`ln*tän"d), a. [It.] (Mus.) Slackening; -- a
||direction to perform a passage with a gradual decrease in time and
||force; ritardando.
Ral"li*ance (rl"l*ans), n. [Cf. OF. raliance. See Rally to reunite.]
The act of rallying.
Ral"li*er (-r), n. One who rallies.
Ral"line (-ln), a. (Zoöl.) Pertaining to the rails.
Ral"ly (rl"l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rallied (-ld); p. pr. & vb. n.
Rallying.] [OF. ralier, F. rallier, fr. L. pref. re- + ad + ligare to
bind. See Ra-, and 1st Ally.] To collect, and reduce to order, as
troops dispersed or thrown into confusion; to gather again; to reunite.
Ral"ly, v. i. 1. To come into orderly arrangement; to renew order, or
united effort, as troops scattered or put to flight; to assemble; to
unite.
The Grecians rally, and their powers unite.
Dryden.
Innumerable parts of matter chanced just then to rally together,
and to form themselves into this new world.
Tillotson.
2. To collect one's vital powers or forces; to regain health or
consciousness; to recuperate.
3. To recover strength after a decline in prices; -- said of the
market, stocks, etc.
Ral"ly, n.; pl. Rallies (-lz). 1. The act or process of rallying (in
any of the senses of that word).