† ˈdemi-ˌhake, -haque Obs. exc. Hist.
Also 9 demy-hag.
[demi- 4.]
A fire-arm used in the 16th c.; a smaller kind of haque or hackbut. Also called half-haque, half-hagg.
| 1541 Act 33 Hen. VIII, c. 6 No person..shall shote in anie crossebowe, handgunne, hagbut or demy hake. [1549 Compl. Scotl. vi. 41 Hagbutes of croche, half haggis, culverenis.] 1581 Lambarde Eiren. iv. iv. (1588) 477 If any person have..used or kept..any hagbut or demyhake. 1801 Strutt Sports & Past. ii. i. 52 In addition to the hand⁓guns, I meet with other instruments of like kind..namely demy hags, or hag butts. 1834 Penny Cycl. II. 373/1 The demihaque was a kind of long pistol, the butt-end of which was made to curve so as almost to become a semicircle. |