n. A pus filled swelling on the surface on the skin caused by an eruptive disease.
n. Any pit, especially one formed as a scar
v. To scar or mark with pits
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A pustule raised on the surface of the body in variolous and vaccine diseases.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A pustule raised on the surface of the body in an eruptive disease, as the smallpox.
n. A pox; an eruptive disease, as smallpox.
n. A Scotch form of poke.
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v. mark with a scar
n. a pustule in an eruptive disease
Word Usage
"You have heard of Sitting Bull, Rain in the Face (that is, a pock-marked individual), Antelope, and others of like character, could be drawn, and thus convey the name without difficulty."