·noun The stick used by the players.
II. Hockey ·noun A game in which two parties of players, armed with sticks curved or hooked at the end, attempt to drive any small object (as a ball or a bit of wood) toward opposite goals.
Drunk with strong stale beer, called old hock. See hickey. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
the harvest-home. Norf. Suff. and Cambridgesh. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose