drake
-1 n. ஆண் வாத்து, 'தத்தெறி' விளையாட்டில் நீரின் மேற்பரப்பில் தத்திச் செல்வதற்காக எறியப்படும் சக்கைகள்.-2 n. பறவை நாகம், எரிமீன்வகை, ஸ்காண்டினேவிய கடற்கொள்ளைக் கூட்டத்தாரது போர்க்கப்பல், மீன் பிடிப்பதில் பயன்படுத்தப்படும் விரைந்தழியும் பூச்சி வகை.
Drake, n. Etym: [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. ati a water fowl. rich. Cf. Gulaund.] 1. The male of the duck kind. 2. Etym: [Cf. Dragon fly, under Dragon.] Defn: The drake fly. The drake will mount steeple height into the air. Walton. Drake fly, a kind of fly, sometimes used in angling. The dark drake fly, good in August. Walton. Drake, n. Etym: [AS. draca dragon, L. draco. See Dragon.] 1. A dragon. [Obs.] Beowulf resolves to kill the drake. J. A. Harrison (Beowulf). 2. A small piece of artillery. [Obs.] Two or three shots, made at them by a couple of drakes, made them stagger. Clarendon. Drake, n. Etym: [Cf. F. dravik, W. drewg, darnel, cockle, etc.] Defn: Wild oats, brome grass, or darnel grass; -- called also drawk, dravick, and drank. [Prov. Eng.] Dr. Prior. Drake, n. Etym: [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. ati a water fowl. rich. Cf. Gulaund.] 1. The male of the duck kind. 2. Etym: [Cf. Dragon fly, under Dragon.] Defn: The drake fly. The drake will mount steeple height into the air. Walton. Drake fly, a kind of fly, sometimes used in angling. The dark drake fly, good in August. Walton. Drake, n. Etym: [AS. draca dragon, L. draco. See Dragon.] 1. A dragon. [Obs.] Beowulf resolves to kill the drake. J. A. Harrison (Beowulf). 2. A small piece of artillery. [Obs.] Two or three shots, made at them by a couple of drakes, made them stagger. Clarendon. Drake, n. Etym: [Cf. F. dravik, W. drewg, darnel, cockle, etc.] Defn: Wild oats, brome grass, or darnel grass; -- called also drawk, dravick, and drank. [Prov. Eng.] Dr. Prior.