GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

Found 3 definitions

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   Crake (krāk), v. t. & i. [See Crack.]
   1. To cry out harshly and loudly, like the bird called crake.
   
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   2. To boast; to speak loudly and boastfully. [Obs.]
   
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   Each man may crake of that which was his own. Mir. for Mag.
   
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   Crake, n. A boast. See Crack, n. [Obs.]  Spenser.
   
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   Crake, n. [Cf. Icel.  krāka crow, krākr raven, Sw. kråka, Dan.  krage; perh. of imitative origin.  Cf. Crow.] (Zool.) Any species or rail of the genera Crex and Porzana; -- so called from its singular cry. See Corncrake.
   
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