Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for DRAKE
DRAKE, n. [G. enterich; Dan. andrik; Sw. andrak. It is compounded of ente, and, Sax. ened, L. anas, a duck, and a word which I do not understand.]
- The male of the duck kind.
- [L. draco, dragon.] A small piece of artillery. – Clarendon.
- The drake-fly.
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