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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Crake \Crake\ (kr[=a]k), v. t. & i. [See {Crack}.] 1. To cry out harshly and loudly, like the bird called crake. 2. To boast; to speak loudly and boastfully. [Obs.] Each man may crake of that which was his own --Mir. for Mag. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Crake \Crake\, n. A boast. See {Crack}, n. [Obs.] --Spenser. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Crake \Crake\, n. [Cf. Icel. kr[=a]ka crow, kr[=a]kr raven, Sw kr[*a]ka, Dan. krage; perh. of imitative origin. Cf {Crow}.] (Zo["o]l.) Any species or rail of the genera {Crex} and {Porzana}; -- so called from its singular cry. See {Corncrake}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: crake n : any of several short-billed Old World rails
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