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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DRAKE, n. [G., L, a duck.]
1. The male of the duck kind.
2. [L., dragon.] A small piece of artillery.
3. The drake-fly.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: English explorer and admiral who was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe and who helped to defeat the Spanish Armada (1540-1596) [syn: Drake, Francis Drake, Sir Francis Drake]
2: adult male of a wild or domestic duck

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English; akin to Old High German antrahho drake Date: 14th century a male duck

Merriam Webster's

biographical name Sir Francis 1540(or 1543)-1596 English navigator & buccaneer

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. a male duck. Etymology: ME prob. f. Gmc

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Drake 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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. ["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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(drakes) A drake is a male duck. N-COUNT

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Male duck.

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