Crake

Part of speech: noun (n.)

A boast. See Crack, n. [Obs.] Spenser.

Part of speech: noun (n.)

Any species or rail of the genera Crex and Porzana; -- so called from its singular cry. See Corncrake.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

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.