drake
NounWordNet 3.0
Noun (2)
- English explorer and admiral who was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe and who helped to defeat the Spanish Armada (1540-1596)Synonyms: DrakeFrancis DrakeSir Francis Drake
- adult male of a wild or domestic duck
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
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. [1913 Webster]
2.[Cf. Dragon fly, under Dragon.] The drake fly. [1913 Webster]
The drake will mount steeple height into the air.— Walton.[1913 Webster]
Drake fly, a kind of fly, sometimes used in angling. [1913 Webster]
The dark drake fly, good in August.— Walton.[1913 Webster]
Drake \Drake\, n. [AS. draca dragon, L. draco. See Dragon.]
1.A dragon. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
Beowulf resolves to kill the drake.— J. A. Harrison (Beowulf).[1913 Webster]
2.A small piece of artillery. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
Two or three shots, made at them by a couple of drakes, made them stagger.— Clarendon.[1913 Webster]