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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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*(Havok,) Hawok, n. [? Conn. with ME. havok: see Hevok n.] To cast in hawok, appar. as a gaming term, (?). —1506 Treas. Acc. III. 361.
To the King to play at the cartis, j^c Franch crounis, and to cast in hawok xx li.