Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Peruke"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Peruke \Per"uke\, n. [F. perruque, It. perrucca, parrucca, fr.
L. pilus hair. Cf. {Periwig}, {Wig}, {Peel} to strip off,
{Plush}, {Pile} a hair.]
A wig; a periwig.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Peruke \Per"uke\, v. t.
To dress with a peruke. [R.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
peruke
n : wig for men fashionable in 17th-18th centuries [syn: {periwig}]
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