drake

[drake]

English explorer and admiral who was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe and who helped to defeat the Spanish Armada (1540 1596)

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The male of the duck kind.

Noun
adult male of a wild or domestic duck

Noun
English explorer and admiral who was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe and who helped to defeat the Spanish Armada (1540-1596)


n.
The male of the duck kind.

n.
The drake fly.

n.
A dragon.

n.
A small piece of artillery.

n.
Wild oats, brome grass, or darnel grass; -- called also drawk, dravick, and drank.


Drake

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. '94nd, Dan. and, Sw. and, Lith. antis, L. anas, Gr. (for ), and perh. Skr. 'beti 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.
Drake fly, a kind of fly, sometimes used in angling.
The dark drake fly, good in August.

Drake

Drake, n. [AS. draca dragon, L. draco. See Dragon.] 1. A dragon. [Obs.]
Beowulf resolves to kill the drake.
2. A small piece of artillery. [Obs.]
Two or three shots, made at them by a couple of drakes, made them stagger.

Drake

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.

The male of the duck kind.

A dragon.

Wild oats, brome grass, or darnel grass; -- called also drawk, dravick, and drank.

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I've been getting into Nick Drake lately, the folk singer. Sad, gorgeous stuff.

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