Drake \Drake\ (dr[=a]k), 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. [root]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.
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   2. [Cf. Dragon fly, under Dragon.] The drake fly.
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            The drake will mount steeple height into the air.
                                                  --Walton.
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   Drake fly, a kind of fly, sometimes used in angling.
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            The dark drake fly, good in August.   --Walton.
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	Drake \Drake\, n. [AS. draca dragon, L. draco. See Dragon.]
   1. A dragon. [Obs.]
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            Beowulf resolves to kill the drake.   --J. A.
                                                  Harrison
                                                  (Beowulf).
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   2. A small piece of artillery. [Obs.]
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            Two or three shots, made at them by a couple of
            drakes, made them stagger.            --Clarendon.
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	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.
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	Drake
    n 1: English explorer and admiral who was the first Englishman
         to circumnavigate the globe and who helped to defeat the
         Spanish Armada (1540-1596) [syn: Drake, Francis Drake,
         Sir Francis Drake]
    2: adult male of a wild or domestic duck

	

	72 Moby Thesaurus words for "drake":
   Bantam, banty, barn-door fowl, barnyard fowl, biddy, billy,
   billy goat, boar, broiler, brooder, broody hen, bubbly-jock, buck,
   bull, bullock, capon, chanticleer, chick, chickabiddy, chicken,
   chicky, cock, cockerel, dog, domestic fowl, duck, duckling,
   dunghill fowl, entire, entire horse, fowl, fryer, game fowl,
   gander, gobbler, goose, gosling, guinea cock, guinea fowl,
   guinea hen, hart, he-goat, hen, hen turkey, partlet, peacock,
   poulard, poult, poultry, pullet, ram, roaster, rooster,
   setting hen, spring chicken, stag, stallion, steer,
   stewing chicken, stot, stud, studhorse, tom, tom turkey, tomcat,
   top cow, top horse, tup, turkey, turkey gobbler, turkey-cock,
   wether

	

	Drake, ND -- U.S. city in North Dakota
   Population (2000):    322
   Housing Units (2000): 201
   Land area (2000):     1.973850 sq. miles (5.112249 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.047390 sq. miles (0.122740 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    2.021240 sq. miles (5.234989 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            20300
   Located within:       North Dakota (ND), FIPS 38
   Location:             47.923793 N, 100.371284 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     58736
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Drake, ND
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