Drake

·noun The drake fly.

II. Drake ·noun The male of the duck kind.

III. Drake ·noun A small piece of artillery.

IV. Drake ·noun A Dragon.

V. Drake ·noun Wild oats, brome grass, or darnel grass;

— called also drawk, dravick, and drank.

drake
An early piece of brass ordnance. ...

The Sailor's Word-Book
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...

The Sailor's Word-Book
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