'Rake-vein' definitions:
Definition of 'Rake-vein'
From: GCIDE
- Rake-vein \Rake"-vein`\ (r[=a]k"v[=a]n`), n. See Rake, a mineral vein. [1913 Webster] Raki
Definition of 'rake-vein'
From: GCIDE
- Rake \Rake\ (r[=a]k), 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A toothed machine drawn by a horse, -- used for collecting hay or grain; a horserake. [1913 Webster]
- 3. [Perhaps a different word.] (Mining) A fissure or mineral vein traversing the strata vertically, or nearly so; -- called also rake-vein. [1913 Webster]
- Gill rakes. (Anat.) See under 1st Gill. [1913 Webster]