COCKAL

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A game played with sheep's bones instead of dice [Obs.]

2.
n.

The bone used in playing the game; -- called also huckle bone. [Obs.] Nares. A little transverse bone Which boys and bruckeled children call (Playing for points and pins) cockal. Herrick.


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