- Cod-like fish
- Gemfish
- A drying shed, as for unburned tile.
- One of several species of marine gadoid fishes, of the genera
Phycis, Merlucius, and allies. The common European hake is M. vulgaris;
the American silver hake or whiting is M. bilinearis. Two American
species (Phycis chuss and P. tenius) are important food fishes, and are
also valued for their oil and sounds. Called also squirrel hake, and
codling.
- To loiter; to sneak.