Drake

n.	1.	The male of the duck kind.
	2.	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.
	1.	A dragon. Beowulf resolves to kill the drake. - J. A. Harrison (Beowulf).
	2.	A small piece of artillery. Two or three shots, made at them by a couple of drakes, made them stagger. - Clarendon.
	1.	Wild oats, brome grass, or darnel grass; - called also drawk, dravick, and drank.

Noun	1.	Drake - English explorer and admiral who was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe and who helped to defeat the Spanish Armada (1540-1596) Synonyms: Francis Drake, Sir Francis Drake
	2.	drake - adult male of a wild or domestic duck

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