pock

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: scarmarkpit

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. a pustule in an eruptive disease

Verb (1)

  1. mark with a scar“The skin disease scarred his face permanently”Synonyms: scarmarkpit
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Pock \Pock\, n. [OE. pokke, AS. pocc, poc; akin to D. pok, G. pocke, and perh. to E. poke a pocket. Cf. Pox.] (Med.) A pustule raised on the surface of the body in variolous and vaccine diseases. [1913 Webster]

Of pokkes and of scab every sore. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

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