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hyke

hyke is the alternative form of haik.

hyke is the alternative form of huke.

Meaning of haik

Noun

haik (plural haiks)

  1. A covering for the head and body worn by Arabs.
    • Woollen hayks for garments are manufactured here of a curious texture, extremely light and fine, called El Haik Filelly.1809, James Grey Jackson, An Account of the Empire of Marocco, section VI

Meaning of huke

Noun

huke (plural hukes)

  1. (historical) An outer garment (robe or cloak) worn by men and women in Europe in the Middle Ages, either as civilian clothing or over armor.
    • there came one that seemed to be a messenger , in a rich huke1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted...

Forms of hyke

pluralhykes

Questions about hyke

What is hyke the alternative form of?
Hyke is the alternative form of haik.

Words near hyke in the dictionary

  1. hygrothermometers
  2. hygrotolerant
  3. hying
  4. HYIP
  5. HYIPs
  6. hyke
  7. Hykeham
  8. hykes
  9. Hykeses
  10. Hyksos
  11. hyl

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hyke (page history and authors); haik (page history and authors); huke (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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