Drake (drāk), n. [Akin to LG. drake, OHG. antrache, anetrecho, G. enterich, Icel. andriki, Dan. andrik, OSw. andrak, andrage, masc., and fr. AS. ened, fem., duck; akin to D. eend, G. ente, Icel. önd, Dan. and, Sw. and, Lith. antis, L. anas, Gr. &unr_; (for &unr_;), and perh. Skr. āti a water fowl. √207. In English the first part of the word was lost. The ending is akin to E. rich. Cf. Gulaund.] 1. The male of the duck kind.
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2. [Cf. Dragon fly, under Dragon.] The drake fly.
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The drake will mount steeple height into the air. Walton.
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Drake fly, a kind of fly, sometimes used in angling.
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The dark drake fly, good in August. Walton.
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Drake, n. [Cf. F. dravik, W. drewg, darnel, cockle, etc.] Wild oats, brome grass, or darnel grass; -- called also drawk, dravick, and drank. [Prov. Eng.] Dr. Prior.
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