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Webster 1913 Edition

Hake

Hake

(hāk)
,
Noun.
[See
Hatch
a half door.]
A drying shed, as for unburned tile.

Hake

,
Noun.
[Also
haak
.]
[Akin to Norweg.
hake
fisk, lit., hook fish, Prov. E.
hake
hook, G.
hecht
pike. See
Hook
.]
(Zool.)
One of several species of marine gadoid fishes, of the genera
Phycis
,
Merlucius
, and allies. The common European hake is
Merlucius vulgaris
; the American silver hake or whiting is
Merlucius bilinearis
. Two American species (
Phycis chuss
and
Phycis tenius
) are important food fishes, and are also valued for their oil and sounds. Called also
squirrel hake
, and
codling
.

Hake

(hāk)
,
Verb.
I.
To loiter; to sneak.
[Prov. Eng.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Hake

HAKE

,
Noun.
A kind of fish, the Gadus merlucius; called by some authors lucius marinus. It was formerly salted and dried.

Definition 2024

häke

häke

See also: hake and Haeke

Rotuman

Numeral

häke

  1. (cardinal) four

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