What does hask mean?
Hask means (obsolete) A basket made of flags or rushes, as for carrying fish..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(obsolete) 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.
The ioyfull Sunne, whom cloudy winters ſpight,/ Had ſhut from vs in watry fiſhes haske, / Returnes againe to lend the world his light
Then till the ſun, which yet in fiſhes haſks, / Or watry urn, impounds his fainting head
"You never mind me," returned the trainer, who had been carrying around a couple of spare footballs all the morning, as if afraid some one would steal them. "You just play your 'ardest, that's hall I hask of you."
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Hask means (obsolete) A basket made of flags or rushes, as for carrying fish..
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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.
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