DRAKES
Noun
drakes
plural of drake
Anagrams
• Radkes, askerd, dakers, sarked
Source: Wiktionary
DRAKE
Drake, n. Etym: [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. ati a water fowl. rich. Cf. Gulaund.]
1. The male of the duck kind.
2. Etym: [Cf. Dragon fly, under Dragon.]
Definition: 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. Etym: [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. Etym: [Cf. F. dravik, W. drewg, darnel, cockle, etc.]
Definition: Wild oats, brome grass, or darnel grass; -- called also drawk, dravick, and drank. [Prov. Eng.] Dr. Prior.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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