RAKE is a well-known instrument with teeth, by which the ground is divided. See Agriculture, Instruments.

Rake also means a loofe, disorderly, vicious, and thoughtless fellow.

RAKE of a Ship, is all that part of her hull which hangs over both ends of her keel. That which is before is called the fore rake, or rake forward, and that part which is at the setting on of the stern-post is called the rake-aft or afterward.