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Drake

Drake Definition And Meaning
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.

Drake Definition And Meaning

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

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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