Holcad

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]