Hask
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Hask is a noun meaning Pronunciation spelling of ask.
Meaning
Pronunciation spelling of ask.
More Meanings
- (obsolete) A basket made of flags or rushes, as for carrying fish.
Example Sentences
Then till the ſun, which yet in fiſhes haſks, / Or watry urn, impounds his fainting head
The ioyfull Sunne, whom cloudy winters ſpight,/ Had ſhut from vs in watry fiſhes haske, / Returnes againe to lend the world his light
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.
"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."
Word Forms
- hasks
- hasking
- hasked
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include hanaper, hopsack, hand-basket, hake, hasp, haystack.
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