What does "crake" mean?

Crake: To boast; to speak loudly and boastfully. [Obs.] Each man may crake of that which was his own. Mir. for Mag.

Additional senses

  1. 2.A boast. See Crack, n. [Obs.] Spenser.
  2. 3.Any species or rail of the genera Crex and Porzana; -- so called from its singular cry. See Corncrake.

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