Crake /(krāk)/

Crake

v. t. & i.
  1. To cry out harshly and loudly, like the bird called crake.
  2. To boast; to speak loudly and boastfully. [Obs.]
    Each man may crake of that which was his own.

Crake

n.
  1. A boast. See Crack, n. [Obs.]

Crake

n.
  1. Any species or rail of the genera Crex and Porzana; -- so called from its singular cry. See Corncrake. (Zool.)