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Webster 1828 Edition


Corn-crake

CORN-CRAKE

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Noun.
The crake or land rail; the corn-crow, for kraka, in Sw., and krage, in Dan., is our word crow, and the name is probably taken from its cry. The Dutch kraai, a crow, is contracted from kraag, and kraaijen is to crow, to vaunt, to tell tales.

Definition 2024


corn-crake

corn-crake

See also: corncrake and corn crake

English

Noun

corn-crake (plural corn-crakes)

  1. Alternative form of corncrake