pock Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a pustule in an eruptive disease
  2. verb mark with a scar
    scar; pit; mark.
    • The skin disease scarred his face permanently

WordNet

Pock noun
Etymology
OE. pokke, AS. pocc, poc; akin to D. pok, G. pocke, and perh. to E. poke a pocket. Cf. Pox.
Definitions
  1. (Med.) A pustule raised on the surface of the body in variolous and vaccine diseases.
    Of pokkes and of scab every sore. Chaucer.

Webster 1913