to rake out

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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Rake \Rake\, v. i.

1.[Icel. reika. Cf. Rake a debauchee.] To walk about; to gad or ramble idly. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]

2.[See Rake a debauchee.] To act the rake; to lead a dissolute, debauched life. --Shenstone. [1913 Webster]

To rake out (Falconry), to fly too far and wide from its master while hovering above waiting till the game is sprung; -- said of the hawk. --Encyc. Brit. [1913 Webster]

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