pock

Meanings

Noun

• A pus-filled swelling on the surface on the skin caused by an eruptive disease.
• Any pit, especially one formed as a scar

Verb

• To scar or mark with pits

Origin

• From Middle English pok, from Old English poc, pocc, from Proto-Germanic *pukkaz, *pukkǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *bew-, *bʰew-. Cognate with Dutch pok, Low German Pocke, German Pocke.