Obs. In Johnson and later Dicts. stocah. [Irish stócach: cf. the later STALKO.] An attendant on a ‘kerne’ or Irish foot-soldier.
1596. Spenser, State Irel., Wks. (Globe), 672/1. He … thencefoorth becometh either an horseboy, or a stokaghe to some kearne. Ibid., 677/2. Kearne, Stokaghs, and Horseboyes.
