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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as drake, 4.

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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

  • 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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