Emily Dickinson Lexicon

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.]

1. The male of the duck kind.
2. [L. draco, dragon.] A small piece of artillery. – Clarendon.
3. The drake-fly.