CRAKE
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Crake (kr&ā;k), v. t. & i. [See Crack.] 1. To cry out harshly and loudly, like the bird called crake.
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2. To boast; to speak loudly and boastfully. [Obs.]
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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. kr&ā;ka crow, kr&ā;kr raven, Sw. kråka, Dan. krage; perh. of imitative origin. Cf. Crow.] (Zo&ö;l.) Any species or rail of the genera Crex and Porzana; -- so called from its singular cry. See Corncrake.
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