hake
noun
any marine fish of the genus Merluccius, closely related to the cods, especially M. bilinearis, found off the New England coast.
hakes
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pluralof hake.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Good gracious; it hakes my mart—I mean it makes my heart stand still to think of it!”
From Frank Merriwell's Alarm Doing His Best by Burt L. Standish
On them were hung iron hooks or chains with hooks of various lengths called pothooks, trammels, hakes, pot-hangers, pot-claws, pot-clips, pot-brakes, pot-crooks.
From Home Life in Colonial Days by Alice Morse Earle
