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Drake

Drake Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Drake?
[n] adult male of a wild or domestic duck
[n] English explorer and admiral who was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe and who helped to defeat the Spanish Armada (1540-1596) Synonyms | Synonyms for Drake: Francis Drake | Sir Francis Drake Related Terms | Find terms related to Drake: Bantam | banty | barn-door fowl | barnyard fowl | biddy | billy | billy goat | boar | broiler | brooder | broody hen | bubbly-jock | buck | bull | bullock | capon | chanticleer | chick | chickabiddy | chicken | chicky | cock | cockerel | dog | domestic fowl | duck | duckling | dunghill fowl | entire | entire horse | fowl | fryer | game fowl | gander | gobbler | goose | gosling | guinea cock | guinea fowl | guinea hen | hart | he-goat | hen | hen turkey | partlet | peacock | poulard | poult | poultry | pullet | ram | roaster | rooster | setting hen | spring chicken | stag | stallion | steer | stewing chicken | stot | stud | studhorse | tom | tom turkey | tomcat | top cow | top horse | tup | turkey | turkey gobbler | turkey-cock | wether See Also | admiral | duck | full admiral | navigator Drake In Webster's Dictionary \Drake\, 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.
????. 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.
2. [Cf. Dragon fly, under {Dragon}.] The drake fly.
The drake will mount steeple height into the air.
--Walton.
{Drake fly}, a kind of fly, sometimes used in angling.
The dark drake fly, good in August. --Walton.
\Drake\, n. [AS. draca dragon, L. draco. See {Dragon}.] 1. A dragon. [Obs.] Beowulf resolves to kill the drake. --J. A. Harrison (Beowulf). 2. A small piece of artillery. [Obs.] Two or three shots, made at them by a couple of drakes, made them stagger. --Clarendon. \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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