n. The male of the duck kind; specifically, the mallard.n. The silver shilling of the reign of Queen Elizabeth, having a martlet, popularly called a drake, as the mint-mark.n. A large flat stone on which the duck is placed in the game of duck on drake. See duck.n. A. fabulous animal: same as dragon, 1.n. A battle-standard having the figure of a drake or dragon.n. A small piece of artillery. See dragon, 5.n. A species of fly, apparently the dragon-fly, used as a bait in angling. Also called drakeflyn. A Middle English form of drawk.n. Any one of several pseudo-neuropterous insects used as bait by fishermen, especially certain May-flies. Ephemera danica and E. vulgata are known to English fishermen as the green drake and the gray drake.n. A man-of-war of the Vikings.