7 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] 2. [Cf. Dragon fly, under {Dragon}.] The drake fly. [1913 Webster] The drake will mount steeple height into the air. --Walton. [1913 Webster] {Drake fly}, a kind of fly, sometimes used in angling. [1913 Webster] The dark drake fly, good in August. --Walton. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Drake \Drake\, n. [AS. draca dragon, L. draco. See {Dragon}.] 1. A dragon. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Beowulf resolves to kill the drake. --J. A. Harrison (Beowulf). [1913 Webster] 2. A small piece of artillery. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Two or three shots, made at them by a couple of drakes, made them stagger. --Clarendon. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: 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: {Francis Drake}, {Sir Francis Drake}] 2: adult male of a wild or domestic duck From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 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 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 From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]: 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 Drake
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