Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Drake \Drake\, n. [Akin to LG. drake, OHG. antrache, anetrecho,
   G. enterich, Icel. andriki, Dan. andrik, OSw. andrak,
   andrage, masc., and fr. AS. ened, fem., duck; akin to D.
   eend, G. ente, Icel. ["o]nd, Dan. and, Sw. and, Lith. antis,
   L. anas, Gr. ? (for ?), and perh. Skr. [=a]ti a water fowl.
   ????. In English the first part of the word was lost. The
   ending is akin to E. rich. Cf. {Gulaund}.]
   1. The male of the duck kind.

   2. [Cf. Dragon fly, under {Dragon}.] The drake fly.

            The drake will mount steeple height into the air.
                                                  --Walton.

   {Drake fly}, a kind of fly, sometimes used in angling.

            The dark drake fly, good in August.   --Walton.