drake

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1. 1.Etym: [Cf. Dragon fly, under Dragon.] 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.
2. 2.A dragon. [Obs.] Beowulf resolves to kill the drake. J. A. Harrison (Beowulf).
3. 3.A small piece of artillery. [Obs.] Two or three shots, made at them by a couple of drakes, made them stagger. Clarendon.
4. 4.Wild oats, brome grass, or darnel grass; -- called also drawk, dravick, and drank. [Prov. Eng.] Dr. Prior.

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

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• What is a dragon. [Obs.] Beowulf resolves to kill the drake. J. A. Harrison (Beowulf) called?
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