Crake
Pronunciation : Crake (krk)
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [See Crack.]
Definition : 1. To cry out harshly and loudly, like the bird called crake.
2. To boast; to speak loudly and boastfully. [Obs.] Each man may crake of that which was his own. Mir. for Mag.
t. & i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Crake
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: A boast. See Crack, n. [Obs.] Spenser.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Crake
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Cf. Icel. kr crow, kr raven, Sw. kr, Dan. krage; perh. of imitative origin. Cf. Crow.] (Zo?l.)
Definition : Defn: Any species or rail of the genera Crex and Porzana; -- so called from its singular cry. See Corncrake.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913