Drake (drāk), 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.]
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.
