CORN-CRAKE, noun The crake or land rail; the corn-crow, for kraka, in Sw., and krage, in Dan., is our word crow, and the name is probably taken from its cry. The Dutch kraai, a crow, is contracted from kraag, and kraaijen is to crow, to vaunt, to tell tales.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.