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Crake \Crake\ (kr[=a]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 \Crake\, n.
A boast. See {Crack}, n. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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Crake \Crake\, n. [Cf. Icel. kr[=a]ka crow, kr[=a]kr raven, Sw.
kr[*a]ka, 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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