drake

1. n. The male of the duck kind. Source: opted

2. n. The drake fly. Source: opted

3. n. A dragon. Source: opted

4. n. A small piece of artillery. Source: opted

5. n. Wild oats, brome grass, or darnel grass; -- called also drawk, dravick, and drank. Source: opted

6. n. adult male of a wild or domestic duck Source: wordnet

7. 1. The male of the duck kind. 2. Etym: [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. 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. Wild oats, brome grass, or darnel grass; -- called also drawk, dravick, and drank. [Prov. Eng.] Dr. Prior. Source: webster

8. 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. Source: adambom

9. n:100 n. English explorer and admiral who was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe and who helped to defeat the Spanish Armada (1540-1596) n. adult male of a wild or domestic duck Source: ecdict

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