The New International Encyclopædia/Daker Hen
DA′KER HEN (dialectic Engl. and Scotch daker, to loiter: cf. OFlem. daekeren, to move to and fro). An English local name for a corn-crake. See Crake.
Edition of 1905. See also Corn crake on Wikipedia; and the disclaimer.
DA′KER HEN (dialectic Engl. and Scotch daker, to loiter: cf. OFlem. daekeren, to move to and fro). An English local name for a corn-crake. See Crake.