Drake
31Drake's — is a baking company in Wayne, New Jersey, United States, owned by Hostess Brands,[1] which makes snack cakes such as Ring Dings, Yodels, Devil Dogs, Yankee Doodles, Sunny Doodles, Funny Bones, and coffee cake. Their mascot is a smiling duck… …
32drake — drake1 /drayk/, n. a male duck. Cf. duck1 (def. 2). [1250 1300; ME; c. LG drake, dial. G drache; cf. OHG antrahho, anutrehho male duck] drake2 /drayk/, n. 1. a small cannon, used esp. in the 17th and 18th centuries …
33drake — {{11}}drake (1) male duck, c.1300, unrecorded in O.E. but may have existed then, from W.Gmc. *drako (Cf. Low Ger. drake, second element of O.H.G. anutrehho, Ger. dial. drache). {{12}}drake (2) archaic for dragon, from O.E. draca dragon, sea… …
34Drake — /drayk/, n. 1. Sir Francis, c1540 96, English admiral and buccaneer: sailed around the world 1577 80. 2. Joseph Rodman /rod meuhn/, 1795 1820, U.S. poet. * * * (as used in expressions) Drake equation Drake Passage Drake Sir Francis * * * …
35Drake — This unusual and interesting name has two possible origins, the first and most generally applicable being of Anglo Saxon origin, from the Olde English pre 7th Century byname or nickname Draca , meaning dragon or snake , in Middle English Drake ,… …
36drake — English has two words drake, but the older, ‘dragon’ [OE] (which comes via prehistoric West Germanic *drako from Latin dracō, source of English dragon), has now more or less disappeared from general use (it is still employed for a sort of fishing …
37drake — UK [dreɪk] / US noun [countable] Word forms drake : singular drake plural drakes a male duck …
38drake — English has two words drake, but the older, ‘dragon’ [OE] (which comes via prehistoric West Germanic *drako from Latin dracō, source of English dragon), has now more or less disappeared from general use (it is still employed for a sort of fishing …
39drake — noun Etymology: Middle English; akin to Old High German antrahho drake Date: 14th century a male duck …
40drake — noun a) A male duck. b) A mayfly used as fishing bait; also called a drake fly …
