† hock-alen.
Obsolete.
= hocking-ale n. at hock v.2 Derivatives.
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wassailc1300
hock-ale1484
hocking-ale1484
Christian ale1640
bummocka1688
bing-ale1735
lamb-ale1781
clerk-ale1791
audit ale1823
bride ale1868
bed-ale1880
1484 in J. L. Glasscock Rec. St. Michael's, Bishop's Stortford (1882) 26 Item pd. for ix b. malte to the hoke ale vjs. iiijd.
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