hask
hask noun: a basket made of flags or rushes, as for carrying fish. Also the pronunciation spelling of ask.
Noun
hask (plural hasks)
- A basket made of flags or rushes, as for carrying fish.
- But nowe ſadde Winter welked hath the day, / And Phœbus weary of his yerely taſ-ke: / Yſtabled hath his ſteedes in lowlye laye / And taken vp his ynne in Fiſhes haſ-ke.1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “Nouember. Ægloga Vndecima.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Hugh Singleton, […], →OCLC, folio 44, verso
- The ioyfull Sunne, whom cloudy winters ſpight,/ Had ſhut from vs in watry fiſhes haske, / Returnes againe to lend the world his light1621, Davisons Poems, Or, A Poeticall Rapsodie, London: Printed by B. A. for Roger Iackson, III.VII.6, page 176
Also used as
hask is also the pronunciation spelling of ask.
Forms of hask
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | hasks |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | hasks |
| present participle | hasking |
| past participle | hasked |
| past | hasked |
Origin of hask
See hassock.
Questions about hask
- What does hask mean?
- Hask means a basket made of flags or rushes, as for carrying fish.
- What part of speech is hask?
- Hask is a noun.
- What is the plural of hask?
- The plural of hask is hasks.
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