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Webster 1913 Edition
Drake
Drake
(drāk)
, Noun.
[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. önd
, Dan. and
, Sw. and
, Lith. antis
, L. anas
, Gr. [GREEK] (for [GREEK]), and perh. Skr. āti
a water fowl. √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.
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.
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
,Noun.
[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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Drake
DRAKE
,Noun.
1.
The male of the duck kind.2.
[L., dragon.] A small piece of artillery.3.
The drake-fly.