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crake
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Crake \Crake\ (kr[=a]k), v. t. & i. [See Crack.] 1. To cry out harshly and loudly, like the bird called crake. [1913 Webster] 2. To boast; to speak loudly and boastfully. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Each man may crake of that which was his own. --Mir. for Mag. [1913 Webster] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Crake \Crake\, n. A boast. See Crack, n. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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. [1913 Webster]
