1.
[syn: Drake, Francis Drake, Sir Francis Drake]
2. adult male of a wild or domestic duck;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Drake \Drake\ (dr[=a]k), n. [Akin to LG. drake, OHG. antrache,
anetrecho, G. enterich, Icel. andriki, Dan. andrik, OSw.
andrak, andrage, masc., and fr. AS. ened, fem., duck; akin to
D. eend, G. ente, Icel. ["o]nd, Dan. and, Sw. and, Lith.
antis, L. anas, Gr. ? (for ?), and perh. Skr. [=a]ti a water
fowl. [root]207. In English the first part of the word was
lost. The ending is akin to E. rich. Cf. Gulaund.]
1. The male of the duck kind.
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2. [Cf. Dragon fly, under Dragon.] The drake fly.
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The drake will mount steeple height into the air.
--Walton.
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Drake fly, a kind of fly, sometimes used in angling.
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The dark drake fly, good in August. --Walton.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Drake \Drake\, n. [AS. draca dragon, L. draco. See Dragon.]
1. A dragon. [Obs.]
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Beowulf resolves to kill the drake. --J. A.
Harrison
(Beowulf).
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2. A small piece of artillery. [Obs.]
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Two or three shots, made at them by a couple of
drakes, made them stagger. --Clarendon.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Drake \Drake\, n. [Cf. F. dravik, W. drewg, darnel, cockle,
etc.]
Wild oats, brome grass, or darnel grass; -- called also
drawk, dravick, and drank. [Prov. Eng.] --Dr. Prior.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Drake
n 1: English explorer and admiral who was the first Englishman
to circumnavigate the globe and who helped to defeat the
Spanish Armada (1540-1596) [syn: Drake, Francis Drake,
Sir Francis Drake]
2: adult male of a wild or domestic duck