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. ond, Dan. and, Sw. and, Lith. antis, L. anas, Gr. (for ), and perh. Skr. ati 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.
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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.
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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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