Drake
n.
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The male of the duck kind.
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The drake fly.
The drake will mount steeple height into the air.
The dark drake fly, good in August.
Phrases & Compounds
- Drake fly
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a kind of fly, sometimes used in angling.
Drake
n.
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A dragon. [Obs.]
Beowulf resolves to kill the drake.
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A small piece of artillery. [Obs.]
Two or three shots, made at them by a couple of drakes, made them stagger.
Drake
n.
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Wild oats, brome grass, or darnel grass; -- called also drawk, dravick, and drank. [Prov. Eng.]