Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pock"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pock \Pock\, n. [OE. pokke, AS. pocc, poc; akin to D. pok, G.
pocke, and perh. to E. poke a pocket. Cf. {Pox}.] (Med.)
A pustule raised on the surface of the body in variolous and
vaccine diseases.
Of pokkes and of scab every sore. --Chaucer.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
pock
n : a pustule in an eruptive disease
v : mark with a scar; "The skin disease scarred his face
permanently" [syn: {scar}, {mark}, {pit}]
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