(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 0:10:36

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

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Mitford.

 

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