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plural hakes
(Now chiefly dialectal) A hook; a pot-hook. examples
(Now chiefly dialectal) A kind of weapon; a pike. examples
(Now chiefly dialectal) (in the plural) The draught-irons of a plough. examples
plural hakes or hake
One of several species of marine gadoid fishes, of the genera Phycis, Merluccius, and allies. quotations examples
Hake is an expensive fish—and is also very vulnerable to damage by mis-handling.
1964 October, P. Baxter, “Fleetwood is sceptical of BR's fish train plan”, in Modern Railways, page 255
A drying shed, as for unburned tile. quotations examples
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.
1882, P. L. Sword & Son, Sword's Improved Patent Brick Machine, in the Adrian City Directories
third-person singular simple present hakes, present participle haking, simple past and past participle haked
(UK, dialect) To loiter; to sneak. quotations examples
She'd as well been at school as haking about.
1886, English Dialect Society, Publications: Volume 52