noun.
A Middle English form of drawk.
noun.
The male of the duck kind; specifically, the mallard.
noun.
The silver shilling of the reign of Queen Elizabeth, having a martlet, popularly called a drake, as the mint-mark.
noun.
A large flat stone on which the duck is placed in the game of duck on drake. See duck.
noun.
A. fabulous animal: same as dragon, 1.
noun.
A battle-standard having the figure of a drake or dragon.
noun.
A small piece of artillery. See dragon, 5.
noun.
A species of fly, apparently the dragon-fly, used as a bait in angling. Also called drakefly
noun.
Any one of several pseudo-neuropterous insects used as bait by fishermen, especially certain May-flies. Ephemera danica and E. vulgata are known to English fishermen as the green drake and the gray drake.
noun.
A man-of-war of the Vikings.