n.
common English bird-name. The Australian varieties are – – Little Crake – – Porzana palustris, Gould.
♣ Spotless C. – – P. tabuensis, Gmel.
♣ Spotted C. – – P. fluminea, Gould.
♣ White-browed C. – – P. cinereus, Vieill.
See also swamp-crake.
·noun A boast. ·see <<Crack>>, ·noun. II. Crake ·vt & ·vi To cry out harshly and loudly, like the b...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
a crow ; hence crake-berries, crow-berries. N. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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The Sailor's Word-Book
·- The <<Dipper>>. II. Water crake ·- The swamp hen, or crake, of Australia. III. Water crake ·- T...