haji, hajee, hadgi, hadgee

[From Arab. haj (q. v.).] A pilgrim to Mecca. The true Arabic is, however, haj for a male pilgrim, and hajj at for a female one. ( Catafago.) 2112 hake (1), haak, s. [Norw. hakefisk =hook-fish- i. e., a fish with a hooked under-jaw, from hake =a hook; cf. A. S. hacod =a pike; Ger. hecht ; M. H. Ger. hechet ; O. H. Ger. hachit =a pike.] same genus as the cod and the coal-fish. It has ten Ichthy.: Merlucius vulgar is , a fish belonging to the and twenty-ninerays in each of the two dorsal fins, eleven in the pectoral ones, seven in the ventral ones, twenty-one in the anal fins, and nineteen in the tail. The body is dusky-brown above, lighter beneath. It grows to between three and four feet in length. "The coast is stored with mackrel and hake."-Carew: Survey of Cornwall. IMG:content-0902.png:[blocks in formation] halcyornis display in public ceremonials, and as part of the paraphernalia of home troops, or palatial guards men. To send to the halberds: To cause to be flogged. The force of the expre ion lies in the fact that at one time soldiers were tied to halberds fixed in the ground to receive their punishment. ( Voyle.) halberd-headed, halbert-headed, halberd shaped, a. Bot.: [HASTATE.]