pock

[ pok ]

/ pɒk /

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.

Nearby words

pochette, pochismo, pocho, poché, pocill., pock, pocked, pocket, pocket battleship, pocket billiards, pocket borough

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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Examples from the Web for pocks

In some of these instances the pocks appear in clusters of successive formation, looking not unlike patches of zoster.
A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I|Various
The pocks in such cases are merely filled with blood instead of with pus or sero-pus.
A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I|Various
As soon as the pocks appear, rubbing must be avoided till the scabs are entirely gone.
Hydriatic treatment of Scarlet Fever in its Different Forms|Charles Munde
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

Ye wad steal the pocks frae an auld wife, and syne speir where she got them.
The Proverbs of Scotland|Alexander Hislop

British Dictionary definitions for pocks

pock

/ (pɒk) /

noun

any pustule resulting from an eruptive disease, esp from smallpox

another word for pockmark (def. 1)

Derived Forms

pocky, adjective

Word Origin for pock

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

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Medicine definitions for pocks

pock

[ pŏk ]

n.

The characteristic pustular cutaneous lesion of smallpox.

A pockmark.