Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To act rashly or hastily.
- Rash; hasty.
- noun A dissolute man. See
rakehell .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Hasty; reckless; rash.
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‘Rakehell’, which used to be spelt ‘rakel’ or ‘rakle’ (Chaucer), a good English word, would be only through an error included in this list, although Cowper, when he writes
English Past and Present Richard Chenevix Trench 1846
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