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n. Any of various marine food fishes of the genera Merluccius and Urophycis, related to and resembling the cod.

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

n. A drying shed, as for unburned tile.

n. A hook; a pot-hook.

n. A kind of weapon; a pike.

n. (in the plural) The draught-irons of a plough.

v. To loiter; to sneak.

n. A drying shed, as for unburned tile.

n. 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.

verb-intransitive. To loiter; to sneak.

n. A hook; specifically, a pot-hook.

n. A kind of weapon; a pike.

n. plural The draft-irons of a plow.

n. A gadoid fish of the family Merluciidæ, Merlucius smiridus or vulgaris, related to and resembling a cod, found on the Atlantic coasts of Europe.

n. A gadoid fish of the genus Phycis, common along the Atlantic coast of North America, as P. chuss, P. tenuis, and P. regius, recognized by the reduction of the ventral fins to two or three filamentous rays.

n. A gadoid fish of New Zealand, Lotella rhacinus, which has flattened ventrals of 6 rays, and a short anterior and long graduated second dorsal and anal fins.

To fish for hake; engage in the hake-fishery: as, a haking vessel, voyage, or crew.

n. A frame for holding cheeses.

n. A rack for horses or cattle to feed at.

n. A drying-shed in a tile-making establishment.

To go about idly or draggingly; loiter about.

To drag along idly.

To carry off by force; kidnap.

n. A lazy person who strolls about in search of what he can pick up, instead of working.

n. A forward, tattling woman.

n. any of several marine food fishes related to cod

n. the lean flesh of a fish similar to cod

"_Hake_ in Norwegian means hook, and the term hake or hook-fish was given because of the hooked character of the under-jaw."

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silver hake    sow-belly hake    hake's-dame    squirrel-hake    sow    white hake   

squirrel hake    codling   

whiting    tenius    Phycis    chuss    American silver hake    common European hake   

loiter    sneak    codling    squirrel hake   

Ache    Blake    Drake    Haik    Jake    Lake    Snake    ache    ake    awake   

pollock    mackerel    grouper    codfish    shad    cod    lant    plaice    pilchard    yellowtail