Definition of "hake" in English

noun

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

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

noun

1. A drying shed, as for unburned tile.

   • 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.