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Cockal

Cockal \Cock"al\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.]

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

  2. 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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cockal

n. 1 (context obsolete uncountable games English) A game played with sheep bones instead of dice. 2 (context obsolete countable English) The bone used in playing the game; a huckle bone.