Definitions for: Drake


[n] adult male of a wild or domestic duck
[n] English explorer and admiral who was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe and who helped to defeat the Spanish Armada (1540-1596)



Webster (1913) Definition: 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. ["o]nd, Dan. and, Sw. and, Lith. antis,
L. anas, Gr. ? (for ?), and perh. Skr. [=a]ti a water fowl.
????. In English the first part of the word was lost. The
ending is akin to E. rich. Cf. Gulaund.]
1. The male of the duck kind.

2. [Cf. Dragon fly, under Dragon.] The drake fly.

The drake will mount steeple height into the air.
--Walton.

Drake fly, a kind of fly, sometimes used in angling.

The dark drake fly, good in August. --Walton.


Drake, n. [AS. draca dragon, L. draco. See Dragon.]
1. A dragon. [Obs.]

Beowulf resolves to kill the drake. --J. A.
Harrison
(Beowulf).

2. A small piece of artillery. [Obs.]

Two or three shots, made at them by a couple of
drakes, made them stagger. --Clarendon.


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.

Synonyms: Francis Drake, Sir Francis Drake

See Also: admiral, duck, full admiral, navigator

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