Crake (kr?k), v. t. & i. [See Crack.]
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.
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Crake, n.
A boast. See Crack, n.
[Obs.]
Spenser.
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Crake, n. [Cf. Icel. krka crow, krkr raven, Sw. krka, Dan. krage; perh. of imitative origin. Cf. Crow.] Zool.
Any species or rail of the genera Crex and Porzana; -- so called from its singular cry. See Corncrake.
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