Webster's 1828 Dictionary
RAKING
ppr. 1. Scraping; gathering with a rake; cleaning and smoothing with a rake; cannonading in the direction of the length; inclining.
And raking chase-guns through our sterns they send.
2. a. That rakes; as a raking fire or shot.
RAKING
n. 1. The act of using a rake; the act or operation of collecting with a rake, or of cleaning and smoothing with a rake.
2. The space of ground raked at once; or the quantity of hay, etc. collected by once passing the rake.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
RAKING
RAKING Rak "ing, 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.
New American Oxford Dictionary
raking light
rak ing light ▶noun (in art or photography ) bright light, usually beamed obliquely, used to reveal such things as texture and detail.
Oxford Dictionary
raking light
rak ¦ing light ▶noun [ mass noun ] (in art or photography ) bright light, usually beamed obliquely, used to reveal such features as texture and detail.
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