Obs. rare–1. [Possibly a. some native African word, but evidently regarded by Jobson as onomatopæic.] A North African bird.
1623. Jobson, Golden Trade, 155. The next [bird] in greatnesse, is called a Wake, in regard of the great noyse hee makes when hee flyeth, which resembleth what he is called by … and [it] is a bird of great stature, hauing the vpper part of his head carrying a beautifull shew, with a pleasing tuft on his Crowne, which I haue seene worne by great personages here at home.
