hake

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see also: Hake

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /heɪk/

Noun

hake (plural hakes)

1. (Now chiefly dialectal) A hook; a pot-hook.
2. (Now chiefly dialectal) A kind of weapon; a pike.
3. (Now chiefly dialectal) (in the plural) The draught-irons of a plough.

Noun

hake (plural hakes)

1. One of several species of marine gadoid fishes, of the genera Phycis, Merluccius, and allies.

Synonyms

• codling, squirrel hake

Translations

• French: merlu
• German: Hechtdorsch, Seehecht
• Italian: nasello
• Portuguese: merluza
• Russian: хек
• Spanish: merluza

Noun

hake (plural hakes)

1. A drying shed, as for unburned tile.
   • 1882, P. L. Sword & Son, Sword's Improved Patent Brick Machine, in the Adrian City Directories:

     The clay is taken direct from the bank and made into brick the right temper to place direct from the Machine in the hake on the yard. [...] take the brick direct from the Machine and put them in the hake to dry.

Verb

hake (hakes, present participle haking; past and past participle haked)

1. (UK, dialect) To loiter; to sneak.

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Hake

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Proper noun

1. Surname

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