rainy 
rainy (ra'ni), a. [< late ME. rayiic, < AS. "rra- 
iiiil. i-fiiii/. rainy, < rf/jn. rfn, rain: see ratal'.] 
Abounding with or giving out rain ; dropping 
with or as if with rain; showery: as, mini/ 
weather; a rainy day or season; a rainy sky. 
A continual dropping in a very rainy day. 
Prov. xxvii. 15. 
Both mine eyes were rainy like to his. 
Shak., Tit. And., v. 1. 117. 
A rainy day, figuratively, a time of greater need or of 
clouded fortunes; a possible time of want or misfortune 
In the future : as, to lay by something for a rainy day. 
The man whose honest industry just gives him a com- 
petence exerts himself that he may have something 
against a rainy day. Everett, Orations, I. 285. 
raioid (ra'oid), a. and . [< L. ?-aia, ray, + Gr. 
eloof, form.] I. a. Resembling or related to 
the ray or skate. 
II. n. A selachian of the family Kaiidee or 
suborder liaise. 
Raioidea (ra-oi'de-a), n. pi. [NL. : see raioid.} 
A superfamily of rays represented by the fam- 
ily Ha i idee. 
raip (rap), H. A dialectal form of rope. 
rair (rar), p. and . A dialectal form of roar. 
rais (ra'is), . Same as reis 1 . 
raisable (ra'za-bl), a. [<rais(e)l + -a&/e.] Ca- 
pable of being raised or produced ; that may be 
lifted up. [Rare.] 
They take their sip of coffee at our expense, and cele- 
brate us In song ; a chorus is raisable at the shortest pos- 
sible notice, and a chorus is not easily cut off In the mid- 
dle. C. W. Stoddard, Mashallah, xviii. 
raise 1 (riiz), r. ; pret. and pp. raised, ppr. rais- 
ing. [Early mod. E. also rause ; < ME. raiseii, 
rayaen, return, reysen, < Icel.' reisa (= Sw. resa 
= Dan. reise = Goth, raisjan = AS. rieran, E. 
rear 1 ), raise, cause to rise, causal of risa, rise, 
= AS. man, E. rise: see rise 1 . Cf. rear 1 , the 
native (AS.) form of raise.] I. trans. 1. To 
lift or bring up bodily in space; move to a 
higher place ; carry or cause to be carried up- 
ward or aloft; hoist: as, to raise one's hand 
or head; to raise ore from a mine; to raise & 
flag to the masthead. 
When the morning sun shall raise his car 
Above the border of this horizon, 
We'll forward towards Warwick. 
Shak., 3 Hen. VI., iv. 7. 80. 
The oxen raise the water by a bucket and rope, without 
a wheel, and so by driving them from the well the bucket 
is drawn up. Pocoeke, Description of the East, II. i. 81. 
The high octagon summer house you see yonder is 
raised on the mast of a ship, given me by an East^India 
captain. Caiman and Garriek, Clandestine Marriage, ti. 
2. To make upright or erect; cause to stand 
by lifting ; elevate on a base or support ; stand 
or set up : as, to raise a mast or pole ; to raise 
the frame of a building ; to raise a fallen man. 
He wept tendirly, and reined the kynge be the hande. 
Merlin (E.V. T. S.), ii. 354. 
The elders of his house arose and went to him, to raise 
him up from the earth. 2 Sam. xii. 17. 
3. To elevate in position or upward reach ; 
increase the height of; build up, fill, or em- 
bank; make higher: as, to raise a building by 
adding a garret or loft; to mine the bed of a 
road ; the flood raised the river above its banks. 
4. To make higher or more elevated in state, 
condition, estimation, amount, or degree; cause 
to rise in grade, rank, or value ; heighten, ex- 
alt, advance, enhance, increase, or intensify: 
as, to raise a man to higher office ; to raise one's 
reputation ; to raise the temperature ; to raise 
prices ; to raise the tariff. 
Merrick said only this : The Earl of Essex raised me, and 
he hath overturned me. Baker, Chronicles, p. 392. 
Those who have carnal Minds may have some raised and 
spiritual Thoughts, but they are too cold and speculative. 
Stillingfleet, Sermons, III. viii. 
I was both weary and hungry, and I think my appetite 
was rained by seeing so much food. 
Dampier, Voyages, II. i. 93. 
The duty [on salt] was raised by North, in the war of 
American Independence, to 6. the bushel. 
5. Dmtell, Taxes in England, IV. 4. 
Steam-greens after printing are frequently brightened 
or raised as it is technically called, by passing through a 
weak bath of bichrome. 
W. Crookes, Dyeing and Calico-printing, p. 607. 
5. To estimate as of importance; cry up; 
hence, to applaud ; extol. 
Like Cato, give his little Senate laws. 
And sit attentive to his own applause ; 
While wits and templars every sentence raise, 
And wonder with a foolish face of praise. 
Pope, Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot, 1. 211. 
6. To form as a piled-up mass, or by upward 
accretion; erect above a base or foundation; 
build or heap up: as, to raise a cathedral, a 
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monument, or a mound; an island in the sea 
rnixi-il by volcanic action. 
I will raw forts against thee. 
Isa. xxix. 3. 
He sow'd a slander in the common ear, . . . 
RatMd my own town against me in the night. 
Tennyson, Geraint. 
All these great structures were doubtless raised under 16> T ,,." Se to arise J . come forth as a "> ss 
the bishops of Damascus, when Christianity w:i- 1 h, estab- or multitude ; draw or bring together ; gather ; 
lished religion here. collect; muster: as, to rai.sc a company or an 
Pocoeke, Description of the East, II. i. 121. ". 4-~ ~~*-~~ j-x; 
7. To lift off or away ; remove by or as if by 
lifting; take off, as something put on or im- 
posed: as, to mini' a blockade. 
Once already have you prisoned me, 
To my great charge, almost my overthrow, 
And somewhat raisde the debt by that advantage. 
Heywood, Fair Maid of the Exchange!; Works, ed. Pearson, 
[1874, II. 28). 
The Sorbonne raised the prohibition it had so long laid 
upon the works of the Grecian philosopher [Aristotle]. 
Mind, XII. 257. 
army; to i-iiixr an expedition. 
The Lord .Mayor Walworth llad none into the City and 
raited a Thousand armed Men. Raker, Chronicles, p. 139. 
H j e 5*? by hia needless raising of two Armies, in- 
tended for a civil Warr, beggerd both himself and the 
Milinn, Eikonoklastes, v. 
Send off to the Baron of Meigallot ; he can raise three- 
score horse and better. Scott, Monastery, xxxiv. 
17. To take up by aggregation or collection; 
procure an amount or a supply of; bring to- 
gether for use or possession : as,' to raise funds 
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8. To cause to rise in sound; lift up the voice f or a " enter Pe; to raixe money on a note; 
in ; especially, to utter in high or loud tones. *** revenue - 
When I raised the psalm, how did my voice quaver for 
'ear ! Swift, Mem. of P. P. 
In sounds now lowly, and now strong, 
To raise the desultory song. 
.Scott, Marmion, Int., iii. 
They Ixith, as with one accord, raised a dismal cry. 
Dickens, Haunted Man. 
9. To cause to rise in air or water; cause to 
move in an upward direction : as, to raise a kite ; 
to raise a wreck. 
The dust 
Should have ascended to the roof of heaven, 
Raised by your populous troops. 
Shak., A. and f., iii. C. M. 
10. To cause to rise from an inert or lifeless 
condition; specifically, to cause to rise from 
death or tMe grave ; reanimate : as, to raise the 
dead. 
Also In ye myddes of that chapell is a rounde marble 
stone, where the very hooly crosse was pronyd by reysinge 
of a deed woman, whanne they were in double whi'che it 
was of the thre. Sir R. Oui/lforde, Pylgrymage, p. 25. 
We have testified of Ood that he raised up Christ whom 
he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not. 
1 Cor. xv. 15. 
Thou must restore him flesh again and life. 
And raise his dry bones to revenge this scandal. 
Beau, and Fl., Maid's Tragedy, Iv. 1. 
11. -To cause to rise above the visible horizon, 
or to the level of observation ; bring into view ; 
sight, as by approach: chiefly a nautical use: 
as, to raise the land by sailing toward it. 
When first seeing a whale from the mast-head or other 
place, it is termed raising a whale. 
C. M. Scammon, Marine Mammals (Glossary), p. 311. 
In October, 1832, the ship Hector of New Bedford raised 
a whale and lowered for it. The Century, XL. 562. 
12. To cause to rise by expansion or swelling; 
expand the mass of; puff up; inflate: as, to 
raise bread with yeast. 
I learned to make wax work, japan, paint upon glass, to 
raise paste, make sweetmeats, sauces, and everything that 
was genteel and fashionable. 
Quoted in J. Ashton. Social Life in Reign of Queen Anne 
[I. 23. 
The action of the saltpetre on the hides or skins, It is 
claimed, is to plump or raise them, as it is called. 
C. T. Davis, Leather, p. 240. 
13. To cause to rise into being or manifesta- 
tion; cause to be or to appear; call forth; 
evoke: as, to raise a riot; to raise a ghost. 
I will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall be of thy 
sons. i Chron. xvii. 11. 
He commandeth and raiseth the stormy wind. 
Ps. evil. 25. 
I'll learn to conjure and raise devils. 
Shak., T. and 0., II. 3. 6. 
Come, come, leave conjuring ; 
The spirit you would raise is here already. 
Beau, and FL, Custom of the Country, iii. 2. 
14. To promote with care the growth and de- 
velopment of; bring up; rear; grow; breed: 
as, to raise a family of children (a colloquial 
use); to raise crops, plants, or cattle. 
A bloody tyrant and a homicide ; 
One raised in blood. Shak., Rich. III., v. 3. 247. 
Most can raise the flowers now, 
For all have got the seed. 
Tennyson, The Flower. 
"Where is Tina?" . . . 
"Asphyxia 's took her to raise." 
"To what?" said the boy, timidly. 
' Why, to fetch her up teach her to work," said the 
little old woman. H. B. Stom, Oldtown, p. Hi 
15. To cause a rising of, as into movement or 
activity ; incite to agitation or commotion ; 
rouse ; stir up : as, the wind raised the sea; to 
raise the populace in insurrection ; to raise a 
covey of partridges. 
We are betray'd. Fly to the town, cry " Treason ! " 
And raise our faithful friends ! 
Fletcher, Double Marriage, v. 1. 
Raise up the city ; we shall be murder'd all ! 
Ford, Tis Pity, v. i;. 
Bradford, Plymouth Plantation, p. 17. 
He was commissioned to raise money for the Hussite 
crusade. Stubts, Const. Hist., 334. 
These young men find that they have to raise money by 
mortgaging their land, and are often obliged to part with 
the land because they cannot meet the interest on the 
mortgages. W. F. Roe, Newfoundland to Manitoba, vi. 
18. To give rise to, or cause or occasion for; 
bring into force or operation ; originate ; start : 
as, to raise a laugh ; to raise an expectation or 
a hope ; to raise an outcry. 
The plot I had, to raise in him doubts of her, 
Thou hast effected. 
Bean, ami Fl., Knight of Malta, Hi. 2. 
This will certainly give me Occasion to raise Difficulties. 
Steele, Conscious Lovers, ii. 1. 
There, where she once had dwelt 'mid hate and praise, 
No smile, no shudder now her name could raise. 
William Morris, Earthly Paradise, III. 161. 
19. To hold up to view or observation; bring 
forward for consideration or discussion; ex- 
hibit ; set forth : as, to raise a question or a 
point of order. 
Moses' third excuse, raised ont of a natural defect. 
Donne, Sermons, v. 
They excepted against him for these 2. doctrins raised 
from 2 Sam. xii. 7. Bradford, Plymouth Plantation, p. 177. 
What a beautiful Description has our Author raised 
upon that Hint In one of the Prophets ! 
Addition, Spectator, No. 389. 
20. To rouse; excite; inflame. [Scotch.] 
The herds that came set a' things here asteer, 
And she ran aff as rais'd as ony deer. 
Ross, Helenore, p. 45. (Jamieson.) 
N ahum was raised, and could give no satisfaction in his 
answers. Gait, Ringan Gllhaize, II. 138. (Jamieson.) 
He should been tight that daur' to raise thee 
Ance in a day. 
Burns, Auld Farmer's Salutation to his Auld Mare. 
21. To incite in thought; cause to come or 
proceed ; bring, lead, or drive, as to a conclu- 
sion, a point of view, or an extremity. 
I cannot but be raised to this persuasion, that this third 
period of time will far surpass that of the Gnecian and 
Roman learning. 
Baton, Advancement of Learning, II. 358. 
22. In the arts, to shape in relief, as metal 
which is hammered, punched, or spun from a 
thin plate in raised forms. See spin, repousse. 
Raised bands, battery, beacb. See &<mdi, etc. 
Raised canvas-work. See cani'as-u'ork, 2. Raised 
couching. Heeeomhingt, 5. Raised crewel- work, or- 
namental needlework done with crewel-wool in raised 
loops. Raised embroidery, (a) Embroidery in which 
the pattern is raised in relief from the ground, usually by 
applying the main parts of the pattern to the ground in 
locks of cotton or wool or pieces of stuff , and covering 
these with the embroidery-silk. (b) Embroidery by means 
of which a nap or pile like that of velvet is produced, the 
pattern being worked in looped stitches and thus raised in 
relief from the background. Raisedloop-stitch.a stitch 
in crochet-work by which a soft surface of projecting loops 
of worsted is produced. Raised mosaic, (n) Mosaic in 
which the inlaid figures are left in relief above the back- 
ground, instead of being polished down to a uniform sur- 
face, as in some examples of Florentine mosaic, (b) Mo- 
saic of small tessera-, in which the principal surface is 
modeled in relief, as in stucco or plaster, the tessera; be- 
ing afterward applied to this surface and following its 
curves : a variety of the ail practised under the Roman 
empire, but not common since. Raised panel. See 
panel. Raised patchwork, patchwork in which some 
or all of the pieces are stuffed with wadding, so that 
they present a rounded surface. Raised plan of a 
house. Same as elevation, ft Raised point, in laee- 
inalang, a point or stitch by means of which a part of the 
pattern is raised in relief. Compare rose-point, and Venice 
point, under pninn. Raised roof. See roof. Raised 
stitch, in worsted-work or Berlin work, a stitch by means 
of which a surface like velvet is produced, the wool being 
first raised in loops, which are then cut or shaved and 
combed until the pile is soft and uniform. Raised vel- 
vet. SeewJref. Raised work, in lace- maleiivi, work done 
in the point or stitch used in some kinds of bobbin-lace, by 
means of which the edge or some other part of the pattern 
is raised in relief, as in Honlton lace. To have one's 
dander raised, see dander^. To raise a bead, to cause 
