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holks, n. pl. Sc. and north. dial.
Also 9 howks.
[App. plural of holk n.]
A disease of the eyes or face.
1513Douglas æneis iii. Prol. 27 Suppose the holkis be all ourgrowin thi face. 1570Satir. Poems Reform. xvi. 86, I thinke the holkis ouergangis ȝour ene. a1843Southey Doctor cxliii. (1848) 357/1 He [horse] had neither the howks, nor the haws. 1893Northumbld. Gloss., Howks or Haaks, a disease of the eye. |