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Hake vs Hakea - What's the difference?

hake | hakea |

As a numeral hake

is (l).

As a noun hakea is

a shrub of the genus.

hake

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) *. Related to (l).

Noun

(en noun)
  • A hook; a pot-hook.
  • A kind of weapon; a pike.
  • (in the plural) The draught-irons of a plough.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) hake, probably a shortened form (due to Scandinavian influence) of English dialectal . More at (l).

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • One of several species of marine gadoid fishes, of the genera , Merluccius , and allies.
    • Synonyms
    * codling, squirrel hake
    Hyponyms
    * (gadoid fish) European hake (Merluccius merluccius ), American silver hake, whiting (

    Etymology 3

    (en)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A drying shed, as for unburned tile.
  • * 1882 , P. L. Sword & Son, Sword's Improved Patent Brick Machine'', in the ''Adrian City Directories :
    • 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.

    Etymology 4

    Verb

  • (UK, dialect) To loiter; to sneak.
  • * 1886 , English Dialect Society, Publications: Volume 52
    • She'd as well been at school as haking about.
    (Webster 1913) English nouns with irregular plurals ----

    hakea

    English

    (wikipedia hakea)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A shrub of the genus .
  • *1985 , (Peter Carey), Illywhacker , Faber and Faber 2003, p. 299:
  • *:He […] knew that its beak must be powerful enough to crush a pine nut or hakea pod.
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