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pock

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–noun
1. a pustule on the body in an eruptive disease, as smallpox.
2. a mark or spot left by or resembling such a pustule.
3. a small indentation, pit, hole, or the like.
4. Scot. poke 2 .
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME pokke, OE poc; c. G Pocke; perh. akin to OE pocca. See poke 2
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pock   (pŏk)   
n.  

  1. A pustule caused by smallpox or a similar eruptive disease.

  2. A mark or scar left in the skin by such a pustule; a pockmark.

tr.v.   pocked, pock·ing, pocks
To mark with pocks; pit.

[Middle English pokke, from Old English pocc.]
pock'y adj.
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Word Origin & History

pock 
O.E. pocc "pustule," from P.Gmc. *puh(h)- "to swell up, blow up" (cf. Du. pok, Low Ger. poche), from PIE base *bhu- "to swell, to blow." The plural form, M.E. pokkes, is the source of pox, which since c.1325 has been used in the sense "disease characterized by pocks." The verb meaning "to disfigure with pits or pocks" is attested from 1841. Pock-mark is recorded from 1673 as a noun, 1756 as a verb.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: pock
Pronunciation: 'päk
Function: noun
: a pustule in an eruptive disease (as smallpox)
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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pock (pŏk)
n.

  1. The characteristic pustular cutaneous lesion of smallpox.

  2. A pockmark.

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