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drake
1[ dreyk ]
drake
2[ dreyk ]
noun
- a small cannon, used especially in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- Archaic. a dragon.
Drake
3[ dreyk ]
noun
- Sir Francis, c1540–96, English admiral and buccaneer: sailed around the world 1577–80.
- Joseph Rod·man [rod, -m, uh, n], 1795–1820, U.S. poet.
drake
1/ dreɪk /
noun
- the male of any duck
Drake
2/ dreɪk /
noun
- DrakeSir Francis?15401596MEnglishTRAVEL AND EXPLORATION: navigatorTRAVEL AND EXPLORATION: buccaneer Sir Francis. ?1540–96, English navigator and buccaneer, the first Englishman to sail around the world (1577–80). He commanded a fleet against the Spanish Armada (1588) and contributed greatly to its defeat
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While Drake is redefining realness, Iggy is effectively “passing.”
By May, Brown and Rihanna had broken up again, and the following spring, she was rumored to (again) be dating Drake.
De Mena offers me a glass of Sir Francis Drake, Casa Bruja's red ale.
DRAKE And last but certainly not least, will there be Drake?
L. Jinny says something about Drake and something about Rick Ross.
Nathan Drake, an English physician, died; also a highly respectable and voluminous author.
It was seen in the latitude and longitude of an island visited by Drake, marked in the old charts.
The sails of the Drake were cut to pieces, her decks were red with blood, and at last her captain fell dead.
This magnitude of the tusks is also confirmed by Drake, Holbe, and the Dutch travellers.
Green Drake,—same as yellow except the wings, which must be from a Mallard's feather dyed a yellowish green.
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