pock

[ pok ]

/ pɒk /

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noun

a pustule on the body in an eruptive disease, as smallpox.

a mark or spot left by or resembling such a pustule.

a small indentation, pit, hole, or the like.

Scot. poke².

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Origin of pock

before 1000; Middle English pokke,Old English poc; cognate with German Pocke; perhaps akin to Old English pocca.See poke²

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How to use pock in a sentence

Then the scabs rapidly fall off, and even the pocks soon disappear, the skin recovering its normal colour and freshness.
A Guide to Health|Mahatma Gandhi
It is of two kinds:—varioli, ye measils; morbilli, called of us ye smal pocks.
A History of Epidemics in Britain (Volume I of II)|Charles Creighton
The pocks are always much fewer than even in mild small-pox, sometimes even not more than twenty.
The Mother's Manual of Children's Diseases|Charles West, M.D.
In the center of the screen was a large disk thickly marked with pocks.
Giants on the Earth|Sterner St. Paul Meek

Some had abundance of purple petechiae among the pocks, the latter also being livid.
A History of Epidemics in Britain, Volume II (of 2)|Charles Creighton

British Dictionary definitions for pock

pock

/ (pɒk) /

noun

any pustule resulting from an eruptive disease, esp from smallpox

another word for pockmark (def. 1)

Derived forms of pock

pocky, adjective

Word Origin for pock

Old English pocc; related to Middle Dutch pocke, perhaps to Latin bucca cheek

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