pock

pock
/pok/, n.
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. poke2.
[bef. 1000; ME pokke, OE poc; c. G Pocke; perh. akin to OE pocca. See POKE2]

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Synonyms:
(as of small-pox)


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