'Drake' definitions:

Definition of 'Drake'

From: WordNet
noun
English explorer and admiral who was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe and who helped to defeat the Spanish Armada (1540-1596) [syn: Drake, Francis Drake, Sir Francis Drake]
noun
Adult male of a wild or domestic duck

Definition of 'Drake'

From: GCIDE
  • Drake \Drake\, n. [AS. draca dragon, L. draco. See Dragon.]
  • 1. A dragon. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • Beowulf resolves to kill the drake. --J. A. Harrison (Beowulf). [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A small piece of artillery. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • Two or three shots, made at them by a couple of drakes, made them stagger. --Clarendon. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Drake'

From: GCIDE
  • Drake \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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Drake'

From: GCIDE
  • Drake \Drake\ (dr[=a]k), 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. [root]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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. [Cf. Dragon fly, under Dragon.] The drake fly. [1913 Webster]
  • The drake will mount steeple height into the air. --Walton. [1913 Webster]
  • Drake fly, a kind of fly, sometimes used in angling. [1913 Webster]
  • The dark drake fly, good in August. --Walton. [1913 Webster]

Drake, ND -- U.S. city in North Dakota

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Drake, ND -- U.S. city in North Dakota
Population (2000) :
322
Housing Units (2000) :
201
Land area (2000) :
1.973850 sq. miles (5.112249 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.047390 sq. miles (0.122740 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
2.021240 sq. miles (5.234989 sq. km)
FIPS code :
20300
Located within :
North Dakota (ND), FIPS 38
Location :
47.923793 N, 100.371284 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
58736
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.