drake Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun English explorer and admiral who was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe and who helped to defeat the Spanish Armada (1540-1596)
Sir Francis Drake; Francis Drake.
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noun adult male of a wild or domestic duck
WordNet
Drake noun
Etymology
Akin to LG.Definitions
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The male of the duck kind. -
Cf. Dragon fly , underDragon .The drake fly. The drake will mount steeple height into the air. Walton.
The dark drake fly, good in August. Walton.
Drake noun
Etymology
AS.Definitions
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A dragon. Obs.Beowulf resolves to kill the drake. J. A. Harrison (Beowulf).
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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. Clarendon.
Drake noun
Etymology
Cf. F.Definitions
Wild oats, brome grass, or darnel grass; -- called also Prov. Eng. Dr. Prior.drawk ,dravick , anddrank .