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   Drake , n. [Akin to LG. drake, OHG. antrache, anetrecho, G. enterich, Icel. andriki, Dan. andrik, OSw. andrak, andrage, masc., and fr. AS. ened, fem., duck; akin to D. eend, G. ente, Icel. önd, Dan. and, Sw. and, Lith. antis, L. anas, Gr.  (for ), and perh. Skr. āti a water fowl. √207. In English the first part of the word was lost. The ending is akin to E. rich. Cf. Gulaund.]
   The male of the duck kind.
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   [Cf. Dragon fly, under Dragon.] The drake fly.
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   The drake will mount steeple height into the air.
   Walton.
   
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   Drake fly, a kind of fly, sometimes used in angling.
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   The dark drake fly, good in August.
   Walton.
   
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   Drake, n. [AS. draca dragon, L. draco. See Dragon.]
   A dragon. [Obs.]
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   Beowulf resolves to kill the drake.
   J. A. Harrison (Beowulf).
   
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   A small piece of artillery. [Obs.]
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   Two or three shots, made at them by a couple of drakes, made them stagger.
   Clarendon.
   
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   Drake, n. [Cf. F. dravik, W. drewg, darnel, cockle, etc.] Wild oats, brome grass, or darnel grass; -- called also drawk, dravick, and drank. [Prov. Eng.]
   Dr. Prior.
   
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