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dew-rake|ˈdjuːreɪk|
[f. dew n. + rake n.]
A rake for the surface of grass or stubble.
1659Gauden Tears of Ch. 381 Like dew-rakes and harrowes, armed with so many teeth. 1806–7A. Young Agric. Essex (1813) I. 108, 4 dew rakes, 20s. each. 1886Daily News 24 Sept. 7/2 Where stubble is much infested it should be brushed off with poles..and collected as closely as possible for burning by means of ‘dew rakes’.
Hence ˈdewrake v.
1797A. Young Agric. Suffolk 55 The stubbles are dew⁓raked, by men drawing a long iron-toothed rake. |