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5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Drake \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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Drake \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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Drake \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: drake n : adult male of a wild or domestic duck From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Drake, CO Zip code(s): 80515 Drake, ND (city, FIPS 20300) Location: 47.92194 N, 100.37586 W Population (1990): 361 (228 housing units) Area: 5.1 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 58736
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