pock(n = noun.state) - a pustule in an eruptive disease;
is a kind of pustule
is a part of smallpox, variola, variola major
Derived form verb pock1
pock(v = verb.contact) mark, pit, scar - mark with a scar; "The skin disease scarred his face permanently"
is one way to blemish, deface, disfigure
Derived form noun pock1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
A pustule raised on the surface of the body in variolous and vaccine diseases. [1913 Webster]
"Of pokkes and of scab every sore." [1913 Webster]
pock, n. (also pock-mark)
1 a small pus-filled spot on the skin, esp. caused by chickenpox or smallpox.
2 a mark resembling this.
Idiom:
pock-marked bearing marks resembling or left by such spots.
Derivative:
pocky adj.
Etymology:
OE poc f. Gmc
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