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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Drake, Draik, n. Also: drak, dreak. [ME. drake (c 1300).] A male duck. c1450-2 Howlat 210.
Apon the sand ȝit I sawe … schir Gawane the drak 1461 Liber Plusc. 331.
Quando herraldi clamaverunt eum ‘Schir Duk, Schir Duk’, ipse eis respondens dicebat ‘Schir Drak, Schir Drak’ c1500-c1512 Dunb. lxiii. 46.
Hall huntaris of draik and duik 1530 Lynd. Test. Pap. 714.
Ȝour fals consait baith duke and draik sore dreidis 1555 Acts II. 498/2.
That na poutis, … mure foule, duke, draik, … be slane vnto the feist of Michaelmes a1578 Pitsc. I. 337 n.
Duik, draik, mortoun and murfowll 1594 Acts IV. 67/2.
Quhatsumeuir persoun … beis fund to haue schot at duik, drak, or hair 1652 Grant Chart. 461.
Duick, and dreak, teall and ateall [etc.]