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Definition of ducks and drakes

ducks and drakes
Drakestone Drake"stone, n. A flat stone so thrown along the surface of water as to skip from point to point before it sinks; also, the sport of so throwing stones; -- sometimes called ducks and drakes. Internal earthquakes, that, not content with one throe, run along spasmodically, like boys playing at what is called drakestone. --De Quincey.

Meaning of ducks and drakes from wikipedia

- Ducks and Drakes is a 1921 American silent comedy film produced and released by Realart Pictures, an offshoot of Paramount Pictures. It was directed by...
- stone skipping as a sport was in England, where it was described as "Ducks and Drakes" in 1583. An early explanation of the physics of stone-skipping was...
- Ducks and Drakes is a 1941 comedy play by the Irish writer Molly Keane. The plot revolves around the wives of three brothers, all living on a farm while...
- Call Several wood ducks calling Problems playing this file? See media help. The wood duck or Carolina duck (Aix sponsa) is a species of perching duck...
- the eiders. These are large marine ducks. The drakes have body plumage showing varying amounts of black and white, and distinctive head patterns. Females...
- fly and where they make much less noise than call ducks. Only females quack and drakes are limited to a ****se whisper. Compared to big table ducks, they...
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- tracks. Side one "Dandelion Dreams" – 4:13 "Stepping Stones" – 3:49 "Ducks and Drakes" – 3:57 "Morning Haze" – 3:05 "Waterfalls" – 3:59 Side two "Quiet Valleys"...
- produced the album Ducks and Drakes, and several EPs. Most of these releases were recorded at White House Studio in Syston, near Leicester and produced by Mike...
- but is much smaller, with a round head and very short bill. Female Ducks, but not drakes, are very loquacious and noisy, with a piercing high-pitched call...