Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Holcad"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Holcad \Hol"cad\, n. [Gr. 'olka`s, -a`dos, a ship which is
towed, a ship of burden, fr. 'e`lkein to draw. Gf. {Hulk}.]
A large ship of burden, in ancient Greece. --Mitford.
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