Drāke, n.

n. [L. Ger. drake, O. H. Ger. antrache, antrecho, anetrècho, M. H. Ger. ëntreche, N. H. Ger. enterich, entrich, Icel. andriki, Dan. andrik, O. Sw. andrak, andrage, from O. H. Ger. anit, anot, anit, duck, A-S. ened, enid, M. H. Ger. ente, ant, N. H. Ger. ente, Lat. anas, anatis, and O. H. Ger. -rîh, Goth. reiks, ruler, chief.]

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

Two or three shots, made at them by a couple of drakes, made them stagger. Clarendon.