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pockmark

[pok-mahrk]
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noun
  1. Usually pockmarks. scars or pits left by a pustule in smallpox or the like.
  2. a small pit or scar: a tabletop full of pockmarks.
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verb (used with object)
  1. to mark or scar with or as with pockmarks: gopher holes pockmarking the field.
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Origin of pockmark

First recorded in 1665–75; pock + mark1
Related formspock·marked, adjective
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  • "Never mind how we got in," said Leah, every pock-mark glistening with smiles and tears.

    Ghetto Tragedies

    Israel Zangwill

British Dictionary definitions for pock-mark

pockmark

noun
  1. Also called: pock a pitted scar left on the skin after the healing of a smallpox or similar pustule
  2. any pitting of a surface that resembles or suggests such scars
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verb
  1. (tr) to scar or pit (a surface) with pockmarks
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Word Origin and History for pock-mark

n.

also pockmark, 1670s, from pock (n.) + mark (n.). As a verb from 1756. Related: Pockmarked; pock-marked.

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pock-mark in Medicine

pockmark

(pŏk′märk′)
n.
  1. A pitlike scar that is left on the skin by smallpox or another eruptive disease.
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Related formspock′marked′ adj.
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