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Drake
·noun The drake fly. II. Drake ·noun The male of the duck kind. III. Drake ·noun A small piece of ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Sea drake
·- The pewit gull. ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
green-drake
the May-fly, of which trout are peculiarly fond. N. ...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
fire-drake
A meteor, or the Corpo Santo. Also, a peculiar fire-work, which Shakspeare in Henry VIII. thus menti...

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Drake, Joseph Rodman
(1795-1820) Poet, b. at New York, studied medicine, d. of consumption. He collaborated with F. Hall...

Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin