havoc (1), havock (1), havocke

[Either from A. S. hafoc =a hawk (q. v.), or Welsh hafoc = havoc, destruction.] Widespread destruction; devastation, waste. havock (2), havoc (2), s . [HAWK.] *hav-ock, *hav-oc, v. t . [HAVOC, s.] To lay waste; to devastate; to destroy utterly. "To waste and havock yonder world." Milton: P. L., x. 617.