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POCKED
pocked, pockmarked
(adjective) marked by or as if by smallpox or acne or other eruptive skin disease
pocked, pockmarked, potholed
(adjective) used of paved surfaces having holes or pits
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
pocked
simple past tense and past participle of pock
Adjective
pocked (comparative more pocked, superlative most pocked)
pockmarked
Source: Wiktionary
POCK
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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RAREFACTION
(noun) a decrease in the density of something; “a sound wave causes periodic rarefactions in its medium”
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