Obs.–0 [f. Gr. ἀσκωλιάζ-ειν to hop on greased wine-skins (ἀσκοί) at the Ἀσκώλια or second day of the rural Dionysia.] ‘A kind of Play, call’d, Fox to thy Hole, in which Boys hopping on one Leg, beat one another with Gloves or pieces of Leather.’ Phillips, 1706.
1753. Chambers, Cycl. Supp., Ascoliasm.
