[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

drake \drake\ dr=ak, 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. "ond, dan. and, sw. and, lith.
   antis, l. anas, gr. ? for ?, and perh. skr. =ati a water
   fowl. root207. 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
see also:
gulaund dragon drake fly 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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
see also:
dragon 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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
see also:
drawk dravick drank 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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
see also:
francis drake sir francis drake 

[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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

[6] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

drake, co
  zip codes: 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 codes: 58736

[7] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

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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