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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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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