GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

Found 3 definitions

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   Crake , v. t. & i. [See Crack.]
   To cry out harshly and loudly, like the bird called crake.
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   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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