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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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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