v. [UN-2 3 + RAKE v.1 5.] trans. To uncover or expose by raking. Also absol.
a. 1400[?]. MS. Cantab. Ff. i. 6, fol. 12 (Halliw.). Eke as charbokylle casteth ryght bemys, With rody lighte, as cole that is unrake.
1611. Speed, Hist. Gt. Brit., IX. xiii. 598. This againe vnraked the burning coales of enuie against the said Lord Duke.
1655. Vaughan, Silex Scint., 60. When thou unrakst thy fire, those sparks will bring New flames. Ibid. When thy Naps over, stir thy fire, unrake In that dead age.
1861. L. L. Noble, Icebergs, 91. At every dip of the oars it was like unraking the sparkling embers.