cockal

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cockal - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Cockal \Cock"al\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.]
     1. A game played with sheep's bones instead of dice. [Obs.]
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     2. The bone used in playing the game; -- called also huckle  bone
        . [Obs.] --Nares.
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              A little transverse bone
              Which boys and bruckeled children call
              (Playing for points and pins) cockal. --Herrick.
        [1913 Webster] Cockaleekie