Middle English Dictionary Entry
rakken v.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | rakken v.(2) |
| Etymology | OF rëechier, rëequier (see Livingston, MLN 57, 1942) or AL reccāre; also cp. AF rec, rek (see Löfvenberg, Contrib.Lex.), AL vinum de raco racked wine. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To draw off (wine) from one vessel to another, leaving the lees; ~ to the lies, draw off (a wine) down to the lees.
Associated quotations
- a1475 Russell Bk.Nurt.(Hrl 4011)115 : Ȝiff þe wyne reboyle, þow shalle know by hys syngynge; þerfore a pipe of coloure de rose þou kepe, þat was spend in drynkynge, the reboyle to Rakke to þe lies of þe rose; þat shalle be his amendynge.