Webster's 1828 Dictionary
DAKER-HEN
n.A fowl of the gallinaceous kind, somewhat like a patridge or quail. The corn-crake or land-rail, a bird of the grallic order of Linne.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
DAKER; DAKIR
Da "ker, Da "kir, n. Etym: [See Dicker. ] (O. Eng. & Scots Law )
Defn: A measure of certain commodities by number, usually ten or twelve, but sometimes twenty; as, a daker of hides consisted of ten skins; a daker of gloves of ten pairs. Burrill.
DAKER HEN
Da "ker hen `. Etym: [Perh. fr. W. crecial the daker hen; crec a sharp noise (creg harsh, hoarse, crechian to scream ) + iar hen; or cf. D. duiken to dive, plunge. ] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The corncrake or land rail.
Duden Dictionary
Daker
Da ker Substantiv, maskulin , der |D a ker |
Dakerin
Da ke rin Substantiv, feminin , die |D a kerin |
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