Crake

v. t. & i.	1.	To cry out harshly and loudly, like the bird called crake.
	2.	To boast; to speak loudly and boastfully. Each man may crake of that which was his own. - Mir. for Mag.
n.	1.	A boast. See Crack, n.
	1.	(Zool.) Any species or rail of the genera Crex and Porzana; - so called from its singular cry. See Corncrake.

Noun

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crake - any of several short-billed Old World rails

corncrake, Crex crex, land rail, Porzana porzana, rail, spotted crake