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demi-hake
† 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 Ha... Oxford English Dictionary
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half-hake
† half-hake Obs. Forms: see hake n.4: also half hakk, halfake, -aque, half-hag. = demi-hake; a smaller size of hackbut.c 1538 R. Cowley in Ellis Orig. Lett. Ser. ii. II. 100 vj half hakes, a redd pese, a passvolant, ij hackbusshes, and a shipp pese. 1549 Compl. Scot. vi. 41 Mak reddy ȝour cannons..h... Oxford English Dictionary
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hake
▪ I. hake, n.1 (heɪk) Also 6 haake, 8 hack. [Known only from 14th (?) or 15th c.; origin uncertain. Mod. Norw. has hakefisk, lit. ‘hookfish’, applied to fish, as the salmon or trout, with a hooked under-jaw.] 1. A gadoid fish, Merlucius vulgaris, resembling the cod. Also extended to the genus Merluc... Oxford English Dictionary
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