Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
drake , 4.
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Examples
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'The twelfth is the dark drake-fly, good in August: the body made with black wool, lapt about with black silk, his wings are made with the mail of the black drake, with a black head.'
Introduction to the Compleat Angler Andrew Lang 1878
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The twelfth is the dark drake-fly, good in August: the body made with black wool, lapt about with black silk; his wings are made with the mail of the black drake, with a black head.
The Compleat Angler : or, The Contemplative Man`s Recreation 1653
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