crake

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1. 1.To boast; to speak loudly and boastfully. [Obs.] Each man may crake of that which was his own. Mir. for Mag.
2. 2.A boast. See Crack, n. [Obs.] Spenser.
3. 3.Any species or rail of the genera Crex and Porzana; -- so called from its singular cry. See Corncrake.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is to boast; to speak loudly and boastfully. [Obs.] Each man may crake of that which was his own. Mir. for Mag called?
• What is any species or rail of the genera Crex and Porzana; -- so called from its singular cry. See Corncrake called?