Hockday

(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 0:10:23

Hock"day` (?), n. [Cf. AS. h&omac;cor mockery, scorn.]

A holiday commemorating the expulsion of the Danes, formerly observed on the second Tuesday after Easter; -- called also hocktide.

[Eng.] [Written also hokeday.]

 

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