noun
definition
A male duck.
Examples of drake in a Sentence
He took the same route as Drake along the west coast of America.
The lower Colorado river was discovered in 1540, but the explorers did not penetrate California; in 1542-1543 Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo explored at least the southern coast; in 1579 Sir Francis Drake repaired his ships in some Californian port (almost certainly not San Francisco Bay), and named the land New Albion; two Philippine ships visited the coast in 1584 and 1595, and in 1602 and 1603 Sebastian Vizcaino discovered the sites of San Diego and Monterey.
It took the better part of forty-five minutes to reach Drake Field.
His Forty Singing Seamen (1907) and Drake (1908) were characteristic of his patriotic note as a poet of the sea.
Doyles books on the American colonies; for military history, Fortescues History of the British Army, Napiers anti Omans works on the Peninsular War, and Kinglakes Invasion of the Crimea; and for naval history, Corbetts Drake and the Tudor Navy, Successors of Drake, English in the Medilerranean and Seven Years War, and Mahans Influence of SeaPower on History and Influence of Sea-Power upon the French Revolution and Empire.
The church of St Mary is almost entirely Perpendicular, and has a beautiful south porch, brasses of the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries and numerous monuments, several of which, in a chantry, commemorate members of the family of Drake, lords of the manor.
Patterson, Life of Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak or Black Hawk (Boston, 1834), purporting to be Black Hawk's story as told by himself; and Benjamin Drake, Life of Black Hawk (Cincinnati, 1846).
In 1589, the year after the Armada, he accompanied an English expedition under the command of Drake and Norris to the coast of Spain and Portugal.
His wife, Helena de Kay, a grand-daughter of Joseph Rodman Drake, assisted, with Saint Gaudens and others, in founding the Society of American Artists, now merged in the National Academy, and the Art Students' League of New York.
To the second hypothesis Skeat (Dictionary, p. 433) objects that it "will not account for the suffix -in, and is therefore wrong; besides which the ` Dutchmen ' [who were asserted to be the authors of the name] turn out to be Sir Francis Drake" and his men.
We aim to show that this ridge formed after Drake Passage opened, as a result of tectonic deformation.
There were also 3 drake Smew fishing - its unusual to see more drakes than redheads.
At the River mouth 3 Eider Duck were present this morning, including a nice drake.
Among the commoner ducks, I found a single drake Garganey.
Right across the front of the hide, swimming close together came two handsome drake RUDDY DUCKS.
On 15th November 1577 Drake, with the approval of Queen Elizabeth 1, set out from Plymouth Sound with his small flotilla.
Author michelle malkin Francis drake channel a chill cruise was for.
There, he found a plump mallard drake lying on the springy turf.
Currently I only have 2 snowy call ducks, 1 snowy call drake, and 1 gray call drake.
Francis drake channel a chill cruise was for.
Later there was a ringtail Hen Harrier at Rye Harbor Farm and a drake goldeneye still on Long Pit.
As the boat finally moved toward the lock gates a drake ferruginous duck was found along with a black necked grebe.
But, she wasn't feeding she was chasing away a drake mallard.
When you must face Drake at the end, instead of shooting him with the beams, avoid his rockets and do an overcharge.
A flooded roadside area held numerous MALLARD, a few AMERICAN WIGEON and my first drake pintail of the trip.
All three showed off Will's autumnal fingerpicking style and a warm, melancholic voice reminiscent of the great Nick Drake.
They are almost schizophrenic in their devotion to Nick Drake or whoever.
The Drake Passage was very kind to us and we enjoyed calm seas and made excellent progress.
The Drake Passage also marks the northern limit of many Antarctic seabirds.
Ranger later captured the British sloop of war Drake off the coast of Ireland on 24 April and pillaged the British coast.
It was spurred into renewed activity by the audacity of Sir John Hawkins in the West Indies, and by the appearance of Drake, Cavendish and Richard Hawkins in the Pacific.
Threatened with famine and with destruction from hostile Indians, the entire colony left for England on the 19th of June 1586 on Sir Francis Drake's fleet.
In 1572 and 1578, however, Drake took abundant and Organi- vengeance, and in 1587 Cavendish captured the Manila galleon - a success repeated in the next century.
The synonym "gray," given by Willughby and Ray, is doubtless derived from the general colour of the species, and has its analogue in the Icelandic Grdond, applied almost indifferently, or with some distinguishing epithet, to the female of any of the freshwater ducks, and especially to both sexes of the present, in which, as stated in the text, there is comparatively little conspicuous difference of plumage in drake and duck.
Whether his declaration was based on stories told by the Indians of the interior, or upon reports of Spanish sailors, or had no basis at all, is not known; its chief importance lies in the fact that Carver called this undiscovered stream the Oregon, and that 1 Some early writers assert that Drake even reached the lat.
All three showed off Will 's autumnal fingerpicking style and a warm, melancholic voice reminiscent of the great Nick Drake.
Thursday 27th March at The Duck and Drake Ben Martin is a terrific straight-ahead jazz sax player who really goes for it.
Christmas at the Drake flat is a subdued affair.
Building the St Chamond In the book " TheWarrior " Drake mentions a heavy ' blower ' tank destroyer used by Baffin 's Legion.
Aubrey Drake Graham, aka "Drake", is a well-known Canadian rapper.
The principal believed that Drake would be more likely to foment the fight than John, so he called him into the office first.
Drake & Josh became a popular program with the tween viewers and playing the main characters' sister helped solidify Cosgrove as a favorite with everyone.
In 2005 she and her Drake and Josh co-star Drake Bell played siblings yet again in the Dennis Quaid and Rene Russo film comedy Yours, Mine and Ours.
Once Drake & Josh wrapped, Cosgrove landed her first headline role on iCarly, another major hit with Disney Channel viewers.
It began with the iCarly theme song titled "Leave it All to Me" which also features her former Drake & Josh castmate Drake Bell.
Flying mounts, such as the Nether Drake will be available to your character after you achieve level 70.
A U.S. commander, John Drake Sloat, took over the fort in 1846, in the midst of the Mexican-American War.
Best of all, you'll find secondary market dolls from name-brand manufacturers such as Ashton Drake, allowing you to collect the finest dolls even on a tight budget.
The history of Rick Springfield on General Hospital goes all the way back to 1981, when he joined the show's cast as the heartthrob surgeon Dr. Noah Drake.
Dr. Noah Drake departed to go to work at another hospital in a different city, making it easy for the show's writers and producers to bring the character back to the General Hospital cast at any time.