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 crake
 秧雞之類,秧雞的叫聲(vi.)秧雞般叫

 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