Definition for CRAKE

CRAKE, n.2 [Qu. Gr. κρεξ, from κρεκω.]

The corn-crake, a migratory fowl, is a species of the rail, Rallus, found among grass, corn, broom or furze. Its cry is very singular, crek, crek, and is imitated by rubbing the blade of a knife on an indented bone, by which it may be decoyed into a net. – Encyc.

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