1. [n]  adult male of a wild or domestic duck
2. [n]  English explorer and admiral who was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe and who helped to defeat the Spanish Armada (1540-1596)

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1. \Drake\, 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. ["o]nd, Dan. and, Sw. and, Lith. antis,
   L. anas, Gr. ? (for ?), and perh. Skr. [=a]ti a water fowl.
   ????. 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.
   2. [Cf. Dragon fly, under {Dragon}.] 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.
   

2. \Drake\, n. [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.
   

3. \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.