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haik

heɪk
WordNet
  1. (n) haik
    an outer garment consisting of a large piece of white cloth; worn by men and women in northern Africa
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Haik
    A large piece of woolen or cotton cloth worn by Arabs as an outer garment.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. (n) haik
    See hake.
  2. (n) haik
    A piece of stuff used as an outer garment by the peoples of the Levant, especially by the desert tribes of Arabs. Its most familiar form is an oblong piece of loosely woven woolen cloth, in stripes of two or three colors. Also spelled haick, hyke.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. (n) Haik
    haik an oblong piece of cloth which Arabs wrap round the head and body
  2. Haik
    Also Haick, Haique, Hyke
Etymology

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary Ar. hāïk, fr. hāka, to weave

Usage in the news

Advice from The Washington Post's Cory Haik : Don't Be Afraid of Beta. forbes.com

Haik Katsikian/Courtesy of Apples & Oranges Productions. nymag.com

Usage in scientific papers

Since L is an odd degree ∼= r∗ (hxi)L then haik(a) ∼= r∗ (hxi)k(a) [1, Corollary 1.4]. extension of k(a) and haiL Let s : k(a) → k be the k -linear map given by s(1) = 1 and s(aj ) = 0 for all 1 ≤ j < m where m = [k(a) : k ] and let s∗ be the induced transfer homomorphism.
Zero Cycles of Degree One on Principal Homogeneous Spaces

Usage in literature

The sand grains came no more against their eyelids and the folds of their haiks. "The Garden Of Allah" by Robert Hichens

Haik, the ancestor of the Armenian Nimrod, is said to be buried here. "Armenian Literature" by Anonymous

The white haik, or toga, is fastened around the temples. "Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science" by Various

For Ibrahim that night was unwell, and was sleeping smothered in his haik. "Bella Donna" by Robert Hichens

Haik, one foot and a half long, three or four inches broad. "Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 2" by James Richardson

He can wear our burnoose and haik; they will be enough. "In the Mahdi's Grasp" by George Manville Fenn

R. helped Tahara wind her long white woollen haik round her. "In the Tail of the Peacock" by Isabel Savory

At least half the women still wore the haik and veil, half the men the burnoose. "Border, Breed Nor Birth" by Dallas McCord Reynolds

But she knew her place, was dutifully shy and quiet spoken, and in the town or in the presence of men, wore her haik and veil. "Black Man's Burden" by Dallas McCord Reynolds

By women the "haik" is arranged to cover the head and, in the presence of men, is held so as to conceal the face. "Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7" by Various

Usage in poetry
Whan I haik't up to Craigie Hill
And lookit east and west;
"In a' the world," said I to mysel',
"My ain shire is the best."
"Patriotism" by William Soutar
Whan I haik't up to Craigie Hill
And frae the hicht look't doun;
"There is nae place," said I to mysel',
"Mair braw nor our borough-toun."
"Patriotism" by William Soutar