English Dictionary

drake

/dɹeɪk/

noun

A mayfly used as fishing bait. / (poetic) A dragon. / (historical) A small piece of artillery. / A fiery meteor. / A beaked galley, or Viking warship.

I caught a drake and used it as bait for fishing.

意味（1）

A mayfly used as fishing bait.

意味（2）

(poetic) A dragon.

Clay caught sight of the drake's wing outlined against the rising flames as it swept low over the desert.

意味（3）

(historical) A small piece of artillery.

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

意味（4）

A fiery meteor.

The moon’s my constant Mistresse

& the lowlie owle my morrowe.

The flaming Drake and yͤ Nightcrowe make

The moon’s my constant Mistresse & the lowlie owle my morrowe. The flaming Drake and yͤ Nightcrowe make mee musicke to my sorrowe.

意味（5）

A beaked galley, or Viking warship.