Meaning of हेक in English
- 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.
- The bolt or latch of a door.
- A rack for cattle to feed at.
- A door, especially one partly of latticework; -- called also heck door.
- A latticework contrivance for catching fish.
- An apparatus for separating the threads of warps into sets, as they are wound upon the reel from the bobbins, in a warping machine.
- A bend or winding of a stream.
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