POCK

pock

(noun) a pustule in an eruptive disease

scar, mark, pock, pit

(verb) mark with a scar; “The skin disease scarred his face permanently”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

pock (plural pocks)

A pus-filled swelling on the surface on the skin caused by an eruptive disease.

Any pit, especially one formed as a scar

Verb

pock (third-person singular simple present pocks, present participle pocking, simple past and past participle pocked)

To scar or mark with pits

Source: Wiktionary


Pock, n. Etym: [OE. pokke, AS. pocc, poc; akin to D. pok, G. pocke, and perh. to E. poke a pocket. Cf. Pox.] (Med.)

Definition: A pustule raised on the surface of the body in variolous and vaccine diseases. Of pokkes and of scab every sore. Chaucer.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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