Crake v. t. & i.
1. To cry out harshly and loudly, like the bird called crake.
2. To boast; to speak loudly and boastfully. [Obs.]
Each man may crake of that which was his own. --Mir. for Mag.
Crake, n. A boast. See Crack, n. [Obs.]
Crake, n. Zool. Any species or rail of the genera Crex and Porzana; -- so called from its singular cry. See Corncrake.
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crake
n : any of several short-billed Old World rails