holcad

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holcad - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Holcad \Hol"cad\, n. [Gr. 'olka`s, -a`dos, a ship which is
     towed, a ship of burden, fr. 'e`lkein to draw. Gf. Hulk.]
     A large ship of burden, in ancient Greece. --Mitford.
     [1913 Webster]